Joseph TREMBLAY

Born

23 November 1853 , Napierville, Canada East

Died

25 February 1942 , Saint Simon, Les Basques, Quebec, Canada

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Pierre-Edouard TREMBLAY Emilie CYR

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Born: 23 November 1853 in Napierville, Canada East

Father: Pierre-Edouard TREMBLAY

Mother: Emilie CYR

Paternal grandparents: Noel-Benoni TREMBLAY , Marie BRAULT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CYR , Euphrosine GIRARD

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Joseph married Eliza DAIGNEAU 8 July 1873 in Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Eliza DAIGNEAU was born 23 November 1854 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Eliza died 11 July 1921 in Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton). Eliza was the child of Pierre DAIGNEAU and Flavie CAILLE.

Joseph TREMBLAY died 25 February 1942 in Saint Simon, Les Basques, Quebec, Canada.

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Eliza DAIGNEAU
Marriage date: 8 July 1873
Marriage place: Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada
Eliza DAIGNEAU was the child of Pierre DAIGNEAU and Flavie CAILLE

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Eliza DAIGNEAU

Josaphat TREMBLAY

Born: 2 May 1874, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada
Died: 17 June 1948, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Helene BEAULIEU 25 June 1895 Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

Wilfrid TREMBLAY

Born: 22 June 1875, La Baie, Québec, Canada
Died: 2 May 1959, Val d'Epoir, Canada

Married: Alinaide (Almaide) LUSSIER 10 January 1899 Place: Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

Marie-Anna TREMBLAY

Born: 5 September 1876, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada
Died: 11 May 1898, Upton, Québec, Canada

Marie-Amanda TREMBLAY

Born: 20 August 1882, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada
Died: 12 September 1910, Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1853
23 November 1853
Napierville, Canada East

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

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1873 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY and Eliza DAIGNEAU 8 July 1873, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

He was 19 years old.

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

1874 Birth of Child
Josaphat TREMBLAY was born 2 May 1874, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Joseph was 20 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Wilfrid TREMBLAY was born 22 June 1875, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Joseph was 21 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Marie-Anna TREMBLAY was born 5 September 1876, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Joseph was 22 years old.

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)

1882 Birth of Child
Marie-Amanda TREMBLAY was born 20 August 1882, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Joseph was 28 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

1895 Marriage of Child
Josaphat TREMBLAY married 25 June 1895, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) to Helene BEAULIEU

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)

1898 Death of Child
Marie-Anna TREMBLAY died 11 May 1898, Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

Joseph was 44 years old.

1899 Marriage of Child
Wilfrid TREMBLAY married 10 January 1899, Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton) to Alinaide (Almaide) LUSSIER

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)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1910 Death of Child
Marie-Amanda TREMBLAY died 12 September 1910, Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 56 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)

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

1921 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eliza DAIGNEAU died 11 July 1921, Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

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))