Ephrem TREMBLAY

Born

21 March 1825 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

30 August 1865 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Joseph TREMBLAY Elisabeth DESBIENS

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Born: 21 March 1825 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph TREMBLAY

Mother: Elisabeth DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents: Andre TREMBLAY , Anne DESGAGNES

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS , Marie-Anne HARVEY

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Ephrem married Josephine COTE 24 August 1847 in Les Escoumins, St-Marcellin, Saguenay, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Josephine COTE was born 24 September 1831 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Josephine died 20 June 1903 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Josephine was the child of Jean COTE and Catherine BOULET (BOULAY).

Ephrem TREMBLAY died 30 August 1865 in Chicoutimi, Canada East .
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Ephrem TREMBLAY married

Josephine COTE
Marriage date: 24 August 1847
Marriage place: Les Escoumins, St-Marcellin, Saguenay, Québec, Canada

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Josephine COTE was the child of Jean COTE and Catherine BOULET (BOULAY)

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Children of Ephrem TREMBLAY and Josephine COTE

Josephine-Emma TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Ernest TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1858, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Alice TREMBLAY

Born: 16 May 1860, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 14 September 1946, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Henriette TREMBLAY

Born: 25 June 1864, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 16 January 1946, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Philomene TREMBLAY

Born: 9 January 1869, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: 24 April 1944, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1825
21 March 1825
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Ephrem TREMBLAY and Josephine COTE 24 August 1847, Les Escoumins, St-Marcellin, Saguenay, Québec, Canada

He was 22 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

1860 Birth of Child
Alice TREMBLAY was born 16 May 1860, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Ephrem was 35 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Henriette TREMBLAY was born 25 June 1864, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Ephrem was 39 years old.