Thomas TREMBLAY

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19 March 1851 , La Baie, Canada East

Died

8 January 1930 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Cleophas TREMBLAY Flavie MCNICOLL

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Born: 19 March 1851 in La Baie, Canada East

Father: Cleophas TREMBLAY

Mother: Flavie MCNICOLL

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY , Constance BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Thomas MCNICOLL , Modeste TREMBLAY

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Thomas married Philomene BOULIANNE 31 August 1880 in Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada . Philomene BOULIANNE was born 11 February 1862 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Philomene died 5 May 1890 in Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan). Philomene was the child of Paschal BOULIANNE and Ide TREMBLAY.

Thomas married (2) Virginie LACHANCE 16 June 1891 in Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Virginie LACHANCE was born 6 April 1871 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Virginie died 14 July 1930 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Virginie was the child of Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie TREMBLAY.

Thomas TREMBLAY died 8 January 1930 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Philomene BOULIANNE
Marriage date: 31 August 1880
Marriage place: Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada

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Philomene BOULIANNE was the child of Paschal BOULIANNE and Ide TREMBLAY

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Thomas TREMBLAY married

Virginie LACHANCE
Marriage date: 16 June 1891
Marriage place: Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada

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Virginie LACHANCE was the child of Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie TREMBLAY

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Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Virginie LACHANCE

Cyrille TREMBLAY

Born: 7 April 1892, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada
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Noemie TREMBLAY

Born: 27 June 1894, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada
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Mederil TREMBLAY

Born: 4 October 1896, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada
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Conrad TREMBLAY

Born: 1 May 1898, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada
Died: 6 February 1962, , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Jeanne TREMBLAY

Born: 6 April 1909, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada
Died: 9 April 2000, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1851
19 March 1851
La Baie, Canada East

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.

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.

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 / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Philomene BOULIANNE 31 August 1880, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)

He was 29 years old.

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)

1890 Death of Spouse/Partner
Philomene BOULIANNE died 5 May 1890, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)

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 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Virginie LACHANCE 16 June 1891, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)

He was 40 years old.

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

1892 Birth of Child
Cyrille TREMBLAY was born 7 April 1892, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)

Thomas was 41 years old.

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

1894 Birth of Child
Noemie TREMBLAY was born 27 June 1894, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)

Thomas was 43 years old.

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

1896 Birth of Child
Mederil TREMBLAY was born 4 October 1896, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)

Thomas was 45 years old.

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

1898 Birth of Child
Conrad TREMBLAY was born 1 May 1898, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)

Thomas was 47 years old.

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)

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)

1909 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne TREMBLAY was born 6 April 1909, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)

Thomas was 58 years old.

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)