Elzear TREMBLAY

Born

14 September 1834 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

1 November 1913 , St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Elzear married Josephine SAINDON 12 January 1858 in St-Éloi, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Josephine SAINDON was born abt. 1838 in Québec Province, Canada. Josephine died 3 February 1917 in St-Éloi, Canada. Josephine was the child of Elie SAINDON and Marie-Julie THIBAULT .

Parents & Family of Elzear TREMBLAY

Parents of Elzear TREMBLAY

Father

Vincent TREMBLAY

Mother

Marie-Nathalie PHOCAS dite RAYMOND

Grandparents of Elzear TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY Catherine-Angelique CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

Maternal grandparents

Michel-Gabriel PHOCAS Marie-Anne ROY

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Elzear TREMBLAY

Elzear TREMBLAY married

Josephine SAINDON
Marriage date: 12 January 1858
Marriage place: St-Éloi, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Josephine SAINDON was the child of Elie SAINDON and Marie-Julie THIBAULT

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Children of Elzear TREMBLAY and Josephine SAINDON

Julie TREMBLAY

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

Aurelie TREMBLAY

Born: 30 August 1860, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada
Died: 12 January 1942, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Vincent TREMBLAY

Born: 10 January 1864, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada
Died: ,

Benjamin TREMBLAY

Born: 12 April 1865, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada
Died: 6 January 1938, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Lazare TREMBLAY

Born: 9 December 1866, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada
Died: 30 October 1950, St-Cyprien, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

Andre TREMBLAY

Born: 2 February 1870, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada
Died: 10 October 1943, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Felix TREMBLAY

Born: 16 January 1873, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada
Died: 29 November 1953, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada

Arsene TREMBLAY

Born: 26 March 1875, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 December 1958, St-Clement, Canada

Philomene TREMBLAY

Born: 15 June 1879, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada
Died: 25 September 1944, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1834
14 September 1834
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Elzear TREMBLAY and Josephine SAINDON 12 January 1858, St-Éloi, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Aurelie TREMBLAY was born 30 August 1860, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

Elzear was 25 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Vincent TREMBLAY was born 10 January 1864, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

Elzear was 29 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 12 April 1865, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

Elzear was 30 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Lazare TREMBLAY was born 9 December 1866, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

Elzear was 32 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.

1870 Birth of Child
Andre TREMBLAY was born 2 February 1870, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

Elzear was 35 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Felix TREMBLAY was born 16 January 1873, St-Eloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec Canada

Elzear was 38 years old.

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

1875 Birth of Child
Arsene TREMBLAY was born 26 March 1875, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Elzear was 40 years old.

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)

1879 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 15 June 1879, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Elzear was 44 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