Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born

25 March 1815 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

16 July 1889 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

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Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES)Emerentienne LAJOIE

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Born: 25 March 1815 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Mother: Emerentienne LAJOIE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES) , Marie-Constance BILODEAU

Maternal grandparents: Louis LAJOIE , Thecle BOUCHARD

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Arsene married Louis TREMBLAY 16 August 1831 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Louis TREMBLAY was born 7 April 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Louis was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Geneviève PRADET dite ST-GELAIS.

Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES) died 16 July 1889 in Saint-Hilarion, 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
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Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES) married

Louis TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 16 August 1831
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Louis TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Geneviève PRADET dite ST-GELAIS

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Children of Louis TREMBLAY and Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 22 August 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Ubalde TREMBLAY

Born: 6 November 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne BOUCHARD 8 September 1879

Louis TREMBLAY

Born: 2 February 1835, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Zenobie BONNEAU 16 October 1858 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Benjamin TREMBLAY

Born: 1 May 1837, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Genevieve SIMARD 7 August 1860 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Modeste LAVOIE 7 October 1884 Place: Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Elzear TREMBLAY

Born: 26 March 1840, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Caroline TREMBLAY

Born: 24 May 1842, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Telesphore TREMBLAY 1 August 1864 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1815
25 March 1815
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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)

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Louis TREMBLAY 16 August 1831, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 16 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 22 August 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Arsene was 17 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Ubalde TREMBLAY was born 6 November 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Arsene was 18 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 2 February 1835, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Arsene was 19 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 1 May 1837, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Arsene was 22 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Elzear TREMBLAY was born 26 March 1840, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Arsene was 25 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
Caroline TREMBLAY was born 24 May 1842, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Arsene was 27 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)

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Louis TREMBLAY married 16 October 1858, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Zenobie BONNEAU

1860 Marriage of Child
Benjamin TREMBLAY married 7 August 1860, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Genevieve SIMARD

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Caroline TREMBLAY married 1 August 1864, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Telesphore TREMBLAY

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.