Boniface TREMBLAY

Born

6 December 1829 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Died

23 June 1911 , St-Placide, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada

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Moise TREMBLAY Agnes BLUTEAU

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Born: 6 December 1829 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Father: Moise TREMBLAY

Mother: Agnes BLUTEAU

Paternal grandparents: Abraham-Isaac TREMBLAY , Agnes POULIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BLUTEAU , Marie-Judith SIMARD

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Boniface married Luce BOUCHARD abt. 1850 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Luce BOUCHARD was born 7 April 1831 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Luce died abt. 1872 Luce was the child of Eugene BOUCHARD and Suzanne-Archange GIRARD.

Boniface TREMBLAY died 23 June 1911 in St-Placide, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada.
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Boniface TREMBLAY married

Luce BOUCHARD
Marriage date: abt. 1850
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Luce BOUCHARD was the child of Eugene BOUCHARD and Suzanne-Archange GIRARD

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Children of Boniface TREMBLAY and Luce BOUCHARD

Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: 8 February 1851, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Died: 15 June 1926, Lac-Bouchette, Québec, Canada

Married: Edith MUNGER 26 September 1871 Place: Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean)

Married: Celina PERRON 11 January 1886

Married: Sophie MAROIS 2 May 1905 Place: Lac-Bouchette, Québec, Canada

Married: Genevieve LESSARD 29 January 1921 Place: Saint-Gédéon, Québec, Canada (St-Gedeon)

Marcelline TREMBLAY

Born: 15 April 1852, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Died: 9 March 1926, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Ananias (Omnias) TREMBLAY

Born: 26 August 1855, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Died: abt. 1928,

Married: Luce DUCHESNE 21 January 1880 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Olympe TREMBLAY

Born: 9 March 1857, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Died: ,

Hippolyte TREMBLAY

Born: 6 October 1864, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1829
6 December 1829
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

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 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

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

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)

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 8 February 1851, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Boniface was 21 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Marcelline TREMBLAY was born 15 April 1852, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Boniface was 22 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Ananias (Omnias) TREMBLAY was born 26 August 1855, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Boniface was 25 years old.

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

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

1857 Birth of Child
Marie-Olympe TREMBLAY was born 9 March 1857, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Boniface was 27 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Hippolyte TREMBLAY was born 6 October 1864, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Boniface was 34 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Marriage of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY married 26 September 1871, Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean) to Edith MUNGER

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Marriage of Child
Ananias (Omnias) TREMBLAY married 21 January 1880, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Luce DUCHESNE

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1905 Marriage of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY married 2 May 1905, Lac-Bouchette, Québec, Canada to Sophie MAROIS

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England