Pierre GILBERT

Born

12 December 1794 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

18 June 1868 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

Pierre married Claire TREMBLAY 27 October 1818 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Claire TREMBLAY was born 19 February 1800 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Claire died 21 April 1871 in La Baie, Québec, Canada . Claire was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Charlotte BERGERON .

Parents & Family of Pierre GILBERT

Parents of Pierre GILBERT

Father

David GILBERT

Mother

Marie-Luce SIMARD

Grandparents of Pierre GILBERT

Paternal grandparents

Pierre GILBERT Marie-Angélique DUFOUR

Maternal grandparents

Louis-Henri SIMARD Felicite BOIVIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre GILBERT

Pierre GILBERT married

Claire TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 27 October 1818
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Claire TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Charlotte BERGERON

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Children of Pierre GILBERT and Claire TREMBLAY

Marie GILBERT

Born: 25 September 1819, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 16 November 1847, La Malbaie, Canada East

Emilie GILBERT

Born: 13 June 1821, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 8 September 1888, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

David GILBERT

Born: 17 January 1824, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 9 February 1895, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Phebee DUFOUR 29 September 1846 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

Pierre GILBERT

Born: 17 May 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 7 June 1901, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Hubert-Pamphile GILBERT

Born: 5 October 1828, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 24 January 1859, La Malbaie, Canada East

Simon GILBERT

Born: 20 February 1831, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 21 June 1899, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Louise GILBERT

Born: 25 July 1833, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 13 October 1892, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Delphine GILBERT

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Josephine GILBERT

Born: 23 March 1836, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Aurore GILBERT

Born: 14 January 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 29 October 1903, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Christine GILBERT

Born: 19 December 1840, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 10 February 1917, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Theophile GILBERT

Born: 16 March 1842, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 19 March 1842, La Malbaie, Canada East

Francois-Xavier GILBERT

Born: 5 July 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 16 November 1862, La Malbaie, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

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 — 1794
12 December 1794
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GILBERT and Claire TREMBLAY 27 October 1818, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Marie GILBERT was born 25 September 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Emilie GILBERT was born 13 June 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
David GILBERT was born 17 January 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Pierre GILBERT was born 17 May 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 31 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Hubert-Pamphile GILBERT was born 5 October 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Simon GILBERT was born 20 February 1831, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Louise GILBERT was born 25 July 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 38 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Josephine GILBERT was born 23 March 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 41 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Aurore GILBERT was born 14 January 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 44 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Christine GILBERT was born 19 December 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 46 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Theophile GILBERT was born 16 March 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 47 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier GILBERT was born 5 July 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 48 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Marriage of Child
David GILBERT married 29 September 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East to Phebee DUFOUR

1847 Death of Child
Marie GILBERT died 16 November 1847, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 52 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

1859 Death of Child
Hubert-Pamphile GILBERT died 24 January 1859, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 64 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Francois-Xavier GILBERT died 16 November 1862, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 67 years old.

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.