François-Xavier TREMBLAY

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21 November 1836 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

1 June 1921 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Euloge TREMBLAY Suzanne BOIVIN

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Born: 21 November 1836 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Euloge TREMBLAY

Mother: Suzanne BOIVIN

Paternal grandparents: Luc TREMBLAY , Catherine SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean BOIVIN , Geneviève DORVAL

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François-Xavier married Marie-Celina POTVIN 19 July 1859 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Celina POTVIN was born 29 May 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Celina died 3 June 1884 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Celina was the child of Thomas POTVIN and Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER).

François-Xavier married (2) Marie RHEAUME 19 July 1887 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada . Marie RHEAUME was born 21 March 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie died 18 July 1919 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie was the child of Simon RHEAUME and Flamine RHEAUME.

François-Xavier TREMBLAY died 1 June 1921 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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François-Xavier TREMBLAY married

Marie-Celina POTVIN
Marriage date: 19 July 1859
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Marie-Celina POTVIN was the child of Thomas POTVIN and Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)

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Children of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Celina POTVIN

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 2 May 1860, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 10 April 1937, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 16 February 1881 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 12 February 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Emilie TREMBLAY

Born: 12 April 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Thomas TREMBLAY

Born: 22 December 1868, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Died: 25 September 1948, St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 19 April 1871, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 April 1954, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Emma TREMBLAY

Born: 25 January 1875, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

François-Xavier TREMBLAY married

Marie RHEAUME
Marriage date: 19 July 1887
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
Marie RHEAUME was the child of Simon RHEAUME and Flamine RHEAUME

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Birth — 1836
21 November 1836
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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
François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Celina POTVIN 19 July 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 2 May 1860, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 23 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 12 February 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 25 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY was born 12 April 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 27 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

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

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

1868 Birth of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY was born 22 December 1868, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 32 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 19 April 1871, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

François-Xavier was 34 years old.

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

1875 Birth of Child
Emma TREMBLAY was born 25 January 1875, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 38 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)

1881 Marriage of Child
Marie TREMBLAY married 16 February 1881, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Georges TREMBLAY

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Celina POTVIN died 3 June 1884, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie RHEAUME 19 July 1887, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 50 years old.

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)

1919 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie RHEAUME died 18 July 1919, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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

Death — 1921
1 June 1921
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 84.

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