Marie-Veronique ROCHEFORT

Born

8 January 1808 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Died

30 October 1891 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Pascal ROCHEFORT dit LURET Cecile GAGNON

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Born: 8 January 1808 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Father: Pascal ROCHEFORT dit LURET

Mother: Cecile GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT , Marie-Françoise DEVIN

Maternal grandparents: Etienne GAGNON , Francoise LAMY dite ORESTEILLE

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Marie-Veronique married Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 31 January 1826 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born abt. 1804 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Elisabeth GONTHIER.

Marie-Veronique ROCHEFORT died 30 October 1891 in Québec, Québec, Canada .
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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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Marie-Veronique ROCHEFORT married

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 31 January 1826
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was the child of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Elisabeth GONTHIER

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Children of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie-Veronique ROCHEFORT

Theophile TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 26 August 1899, St-Simeon, Canada

Married: Seraphine GUERIN 22 May 1848 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Anne SAVARD 17 January 1854 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Augustin TREMBLAY

Born: 24 April 1837, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Domithilde OUELLET 17 May 1858

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 26 September 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 31 July 1900, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Louis-Gonzague TREMBLAY

Born: 14 April 1850, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 19 September 1917, St-Simeon, Quebec, Canada

Married: Françoise ROBICHAUD 23 August 1873

Married: Priscille JEAN 15 September 1903 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1808
8 January 1808
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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

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

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

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

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

1826 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Veronique ROCHEFORT and Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 31 January 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 18 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY was born 24 April 1837, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Veronique was 29 years old.

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
Louise TREMBLAY was born 26 September 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Veronique was 31 years old.

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Theophile TREMBLAY married 22 May 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Seraphine GUERIN

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Louis-Gonzague TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1850, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Veronique was 42 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY married 17 January 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Anne SAVARD

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.