Etienne TREMBLAY

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7 April 1834 , Cacouna, Lower Canada

Died

8 October 1908 , St-Hubert, Riviere-du-Loup, Canada

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Etienne TREMBLAY Marie-Louise DIONNE

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Born: 7 April 1834 in Cacouna, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Louise DIONNE

Paternal grandparents: Louis TREMBLAY , Charlotte DESGAGNES

Maternal grandparents: Jacques DIONNE , Veronique RENAUD

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Etienne married Mathile DION 7 March 1859 in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Mathile DION was born 2 September 1835 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Mathile died 16 September 1911 in St-Hubert, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Mathile was the child of Francois DION and Mathilde BERUBE.

Etienne TREMBLAY died 8 October 1908 in St-Hubert, Riviere-du-Loup, Canada.
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Etienne TREMBLAY married

Mathile DION
Marriage date: 7 March 1859
Marriage place: Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East
Mathile DION was the child of Francois DION and Mathilde BERUBE

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Children of Etienne TREMBLAY and Mathile DION

Napoleon TREMBLAY

Born: 5 May 1861, St-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Died: 19 February 1949, St-Hubert, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Eloise TREMBLAY

Born: 12 October 1862, St-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Died: 14 December 1922, St-Hubert, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Epiphane TREMBLAY

Born: 27 January 1866, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East
Died: 9 April 1935, Saindon, Canada

Etienne TREMBLAY

Born: 17 July 1867, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East
Died: 31 October 1925, St-Mathias de Cabano, Canada

Philomene TREMBLAY

Born: 19 December 1872, Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada
Died: 20 January 1948, Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada

Joseph Edouard TREMBLAY

Born: 16 May 1875, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Alcide TREMBLAY

Born: 5 May 1879, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Died: 15 October 1956, St-Hubert, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Ernestine TREMBLAY

Born: 27 November 1880, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Died: 26 January 1966, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1834
7 April 1834
Cacouna, 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 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage / Partner
Etienne TREMBLAY and Mathile DION 7 March 1859, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

He was 24 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Napoleon TREMBLAY was born 5 May 1861, St-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Etienne was 27 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Eloise TREMBLAY was born 12 October 1862, St-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Etienne was 28 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Epiphane TREMBLAY was born 27 January 1866, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Etienne was 31 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
Etienne TREMBLAY was born 17 July 1867, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Etienne was 33 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1872 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 19 December 1872, Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada

Etienne was 38 years old.

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

1875 Birth of Child
Joseph Edouard TREMBLAY was born 16 May 1875, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Etienne was 41 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
Alcide TREMBLAY was born 5 May 1879, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Etienne was 45 years old.

1880 Birth of Child
Ernestine TREMBLAY was born 27 November 1880, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Etienne was 46 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)