Celestin TREMBLAY

Born

14 January 1820 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

23 January 1889 , Amqui, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

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Hilaire TREMBLAY Chantal CASTONGUAY

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Born: 14 January 1820 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Hilaire TREMBLAY

Mother: Chantal CASTONGUAY

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume-Isidore TREMBLAY , Madeleine DESBIENS

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CASTONGUAY , Marie BOUCHARD

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Celestin married Edesse COUTURIER 22 April 1845 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Edesse COUTURIER was born 9 April 1823 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Edesse died 8 April 1895 in Sayabec, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada. Edesse was the child of Ignace COUTURIER dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Celestin TREMBLAY died 23 January 1889 in Amqui, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada.
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Celestin TREMBLAY married

Edesse COUTURIER
Marriage date: 22 April 1845
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Edesse COUTURIER was the child of Ignace COUTURIER dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Children of Celestin TREMBLAY and Edesse COUTURIER

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Suzanne BROCHU 17 December 1872

Georgianne TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1820
14 January 1820
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

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Celestin TREMBLAY and Edesse COUTURIER 22 April 1845, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 25 years old.

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.

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

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.