Gregoire TREMBLAY

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1 May 1827 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

31 January 1916 , Rimouski, Québec, Canada

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Felix TREMBLAY Claire FORTIN

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Born: 1 May 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Felix TREMBLAY

Mother: Claire FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Etienne TREMBLAY , Scholastique DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Maternal grandparents: Moise FORTIN , Julie SIMARD

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Gregoire married Helene TARDIF 9 January 1865 in Sainte-Flavie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Helene TARDIF was born 17 July 1842 in Ste-Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, Canada. Helene died 6 May 1931 in St-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Helene was the child of Jean-Baptiste TARDIF and Josephte DUBE.

Gregoire TREMBLAY died 31 January 1916 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Ingenieur

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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Helene TARDIF
Marriage date: 9 January 1865
Marriage place: Sainte-Flavie, Canada East

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Helene TARDIF was the child of Jean-Baptiste TARDIF and Josephte DUBE

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Children of Gregoire TREMBLAY and Helene TARDIF

Adele TREMBLAY

Born: 5 October 1865, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East
Died: 6 August 1932, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada

Rose-Anna TREMBLAY

Born: 10 July 1868, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 26 June 1944, Mont-Joli, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Arthemise TREMBLAY

Born: 12 November 1871, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada
Died: 12 February 1942, Hauteurs, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Born: 17 May 1876, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada
Died: 3 January 1934, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

Ambroise TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1880, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1967, Les Hauteurs, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Auguste TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1880, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Ferdinand TREMBLAY

Born: 8 February 1880, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 June 1960, St-Donat-de-Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

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Birth — 1827
1 May 1827
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Gregoire TREMBLAY and Helene TARDIF 9 January 1865, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

He was 37 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Adele TREMBLAY was born 5 October 1865, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Gregoire was 38 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.

1868 Birth of Child
Rose-Anna TREMBLAY was born 10 July 1868, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gregoire was 41 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Arthemise TREMBLAY was born 12 November 1871, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Gregoire was 44 years old.

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.

1876 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 17 May 1876, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Gregoire was 49 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Ferdinand TREMBLAY was born 8 February 1880, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gregoire was 52 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)

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)

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

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)