Thomas TREMBLAY

Born

24 December 1838 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

10 April 1924 , Lac-à-la-Croix, Quebec, Canada

Thomas married Marie TREMBLAY 10 January 1860 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie TREMBLAY was born 19 April 1841 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . Marie died 18 June 1899 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada . Marie was the child of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Antoinette FORTIN .

Thomas married Marie-Philomene DORÉ 8 January 1900 in Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
Marie-Philomene DORÉ was born June 1845 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East. Marie-Philomene died 4 June 1916 in Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, Lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Philomene was the child of Jeremie DORÉ and Madeleine POTVIN .

Thomas married Marie GIRARD 10 May 1917 in Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
Marie GIRARD was born 31 August 1845 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East. Marie was the child of Etienne GIRARD and Marcelline DUFOUR .

Parents & Family of Thomas TREMBLAY

Parents of Thomas TREMBLAY

Father

Luc TREMBLAY

Mother

Marguerite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS

Grandparents of Thomas TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Chrysostome TREMBLAY Emerance LAJOIE

Maternal grandparents

Francois-Xavier ST-GELAIS dit BRADETTE Therese BOUCHARD

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thomas TREMBLAY

Thomas TREMBLAY married

Marie TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 10 January 1860
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Marie TREMBLAY was the child of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Antoinette FORTIN

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Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Marie TREMBLAY

Lydie TREMBLAY

Born: 7 January 1861, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 4 July 1909, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Cyrille TREMBLAY

Born: 25 February 1863, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 21 February 1947, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Louis TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1864, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 9 February 1950, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Melanie TREMBLAY

Born: 25 June 1865, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 30 May 1911, Alma, Québec, Canada

Married: Edmond TREMBLAY 18 April 1887 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Theophile TREMBLAY

Born: 21 November 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Charles TREMBLAY

Born: 9 June 1870, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 28 October 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Died: 24 February 1923, Mistassini, Canada

Henri TREMBLAY

Born: 27 April 1875, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Died: 11 September 1915, Lac-à-la-Croix, Canada

Adelard TREMBLAY

Born: 2 July 1879, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Died: 7 September 1927, Ste-Croix, Lac-à-la-Croix, Canada

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 19 June 1882, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Died: 25 March 1959, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Thomas TREMBLAY married

Marie-Philomene DORÉ
Marriage date: 8 January 1900
Marriage place: Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Marie-Philomene DORÉ was the child of Jeremie DORÉ and Madeleine POTVIN

Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Marie-Philomene DORÉ

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Thomas TREMBLAY married

Marie GIRARD
Marriage date: 10 May 1917
Marriage place: Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Marie GIRARD was the child of Etienne GIRARD and Marcelline DUFOUR

Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Marie GIRARD

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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 — 1838
24 December 1838
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Marie TREMBLAY 10 January 1860, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Lydie TREMBLAY was born 7 January 1861, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 22 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Cyrille TREMBLAY was born 25 February 1863, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 24 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Melanie TREMBLAY was born 25 June 1865, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 26 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

1867 Birth of Child
Theophile TREMBLAY was born 21 November 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 28 years old.

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
Charles TREMBLAY was born 9 June 1870, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Thomas was 31 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 28 October 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Thomas was 33 years old.

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

1875 Birth of Child
Henri TREMBLAY was born 27 April 1875, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Thomas was 36 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
Adelard TREMBLAY was born 2 July 1879, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Thomas was 40 years old.

1882 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 19 June 1882, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Thomas was 43 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 Marriage of Child
Melanie TREMBLAY married 18 April 1887, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada to Edmond TREMBLAY

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)

1899 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie TREMBLAY died 18 June 1899, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

1900 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Marie-Philomene DORÉ 8 January 1900, Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

He was 61 years old.

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)

1909 Death of Child
Lydie TREMBLAY died 4 July 1909, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Thomas was 70 years old.

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 Death of Child
Melanie TREMBLAY died 30 May 1911, Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend)

Thomas was 72 years old.

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)

1915 Death of Child
Henri TREMBLAY died 11 September 1915, Lac-à-la-Croix, Canada

Thomas was 76 years old.

1916 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Philomene DORÉ died 4 June 1916, Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, Lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada

1917 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Marie GIRARD 10 May 1917, Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

He was 78 years old.

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))