Onesime TREMBLAY

Born

4 November 1833 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

12 June 1922 , Saint-Gédéon, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Bernard TREMBLAY Claire TREMBLAY

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Onesime TREMBLAY was born 4 November 1833 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Onesime TREMBLAY was the child of Bernard TREMBLAY and Claire TREMBLAY

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES (maternal) Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie-Julienne BILODEAU

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Onesime married Louise FORTIN 5 February 1861 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Louise FORTIN was born abt. 1841 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louise was the child of Roger FORTIN and Adelaide-Adele GRENON.

Onesime TREMBLAY died 12 June 1922 in Saint-Gédéon, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada.
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Family and Children of Onesime TREMBLAY

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Onesime TREMBLAY married

Louise FORTIN-- Date: 5 February 1861 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Louise FORTIN was the child of Roger FORTIN and Adelaide-Adele GRENON

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Children of Onesime TREMBLAY and Louise FORTIN

Elzear TREMBLAY (b.7 March 1862, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. , )

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.29 August 1863, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. 11 November 1941, Burlington, Vermont, USA)

Henri TREMBLAY (b.12 January 1864, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Anna TREMBLAY (b.10 April 1865, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Germaine TREMBLAY (b.18 September 1867, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. 5 August 1956, Alma, Québec, Canada )

Onezime TREMBLAY (b.22 September 1871, Saint-Gédéon, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY (b.29 January 1873, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada d. , )

Ulysse TREMBLAY (b.23 October 1875, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada d. , )

Eugene TREMBLAY (b.14 June 1878, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1949, Saint-Laurent, Jonquière, Quebec, Canada)

Mary TREMBLAY (b.24 December 1880, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada d. , )

Olive TREMBLAY (b.12 November 1883, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1833 Birth
4 November 1833
La Malbaie, 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

1861 Marriage / Partner
Onesime TREMBLAY and Louise FORTIN 5 February 1861, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 27 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Elzear TREMBLAY was born 7 March 1862, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime was 28 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 29 August 1863, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime was 29 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Henri TREMBLAY was born 12 January 1864, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime was 30 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Anna TREMBLAY was born 10 April 1865, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime 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
Marie-Germaine TREMBLAY was born 18 September 1867, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime 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.

1871 Birth of Child
Onezime TREMBLAY was born 22 September 1871, Saint-Gédéon, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Onesime was 37 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 29 January 1873, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime was 39 years old.

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

1875 Birth of Child
Ulysse TREMBLAY was born 23 October 1875, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime 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 Birth of Child
Eugene TREMBLAY was born 14 June 1878, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime was 44 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Birth of Child
Mary TREMBLAY was born 24 December 1880, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime was 47 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Olive TREMBLAY was born 12 November 1883, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Onesime was 50 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)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

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

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