Denis TREMBLAY

Born

abt. 1815 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

19 November 1905 , Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

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Ulric TREMBLAY Angelique CAMPEAU

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Born: abt. 1815 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Ulric TREMBLAY

Mother: Angelique CAMPEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph TREMBLAY , Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Celestin CAMPEAU , Marie-Rose CRÉPEAU

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Denis married Marcelline RICHARD 17 October 1837 in Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marcelline RICHARD was born 5 July 1816 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marcelline was the child of Louis RICHARD and Marie-Adelaide POLIQUIN.

Denis married (2) Angele PELCHAT 5 October 1854 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East . Angele PELCHAT was born abt. 1817 Angele died 3 May 1869 in Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada.

Denis married (3) Angélique COUTURE 4 September 1871 in Lac-Etchemin, Sainte-Germaine, Dorchester, Québec, Canada . Angélique COUTURE was born abt. 1819 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angélique was the child of Louis COUTURE and Marie-Angelique DUMONT.

Denis TREMBLAY died 19 November 1905 in Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada.
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Spouse & Children of Denis TREMBLAY

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Denis TREMBLAY married

Marcelline RICHARD
Marriage date: 17 October 1837
Marriage place: Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
Marcelline RICHARD was the child of Louis RICHARD and Marie-Adelaide POLIQUIN

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Children of Denis TREMBLAY and Marcelline RICHARD

Jean TREMBLAY

Born: 26 August 1838, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
Died: 26 November 1921, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marie HINSE 11 February 1862 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Onesime TREMBLAY

Born: 15 March 1840, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
Died: 12 September 1912, Coaticook, Québec, Canada

Married: Rose-Delima CLEMENT dite LABONTE 20 January 1863

Marie-Philomene TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Pierre TREMBLAY

Born: 11 May 1843, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anastasie BILODEAU 6 August 1867

Cedulie TREMBLAY

Born: 1 April 1860, Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Canada East
Died: 6 June 1948, Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

Denis TREMBLAY married

Angele PELCHAT
Marriage date: 5 October 1854
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East

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Denis TREMBLAY married

Angélique COUTURE
Marriage date: 4 September 1871
Marriage place: Lac-Etchemin, Sainte-Germaine, Dorchester, Québec, Canada
Angélique COUTURE was the child of Louis COUTURE and Marie-Angelique DUMONT

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Marriage / Partner
Denis TREMBLAY and Marcelline RICHARD 17 October 1837, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Jean TREMBLAY was born 26 August 1838, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Onesime TREMBLAY was born 15 March 1840, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 11 May 1843, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Denis TREMBLAY and Angele PELCHAT 5 October 1854, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Cedulie TREMBLAY was born 1 April 1860, Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

1862 Marriage of Child
Jean TREMBLAY married 11 February 1862, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Marie HINSE

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.