Esther PROVOST (PREVOST)

Born

31 May 1813 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

6 September 1899 , Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

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Alexis PROVOST (PREVOST)Josephte FOUCRAULT

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Born: 31 May 1813 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis PROVOST (PREVOST)

Mother: Josephte FOUCRAULT

Paternal grandparents: Alexis PROVOST (PREVOST) , Marguerite DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel FOUCRAULT , Marie-Josephe GALARNEAU

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Esther married Francois-Marcian TREMBLAY 3 November 1829 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Francois-Marcian TREMBLAY was born 6 March 1809 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Francois-Marcian died 19 March 1878 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada. Francois-Marcian was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Genevieve-Agathe LAMARRE.

Esther PROVOST (PREVOST) died 6 September 1899 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Spouse & Children of Esther PROVOST (PREVOST)

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Esther PROVOST (PREVOST) married

Francois-Marcian TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 3 November 1829
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Francois-Marcian TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Genevieve-Agathe LAMARRE

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Children of Francois-Marcian TREMBLAY and Esther PROVOST (PREVOST)

David TREMBLAY

Born: 10 July 1830, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 23 July 1896, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Marcelline GAUTHIER 17 February 1752 Place: Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Married: Philomene RHÉAUME 12 May 1862 Place: Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Married: Adelaide DUPUIS 14 March 1876 Place: Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Vital TREMBLAY

Born: 30 January 1832, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Sophie REMILLARD 20 November 1855 Place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Adolphe TREMBLAY

Born: 7 June 1835, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 5 November 1862, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East

Married: Cesarie BISAILLON 15 February 1858 Place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Sophie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 23 October 1839, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 15 February 1840, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Auguste TREMBLAY

Born: 4 December 1840, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Opportune LUSSIER 4 November 1862 Place: Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre TREMBLAY

Born: 21 December 1842, La Prairie, Canada East
Died: 15 January 1844, La Prairie, Canada East

Simon TREMBLAY

Born: 16 November 1844, La Prairie, Canada East
Died: 4 August 1914, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Oliva FOUCRAULT (FOURCRAULT) 8 April 1872 Place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Elisa TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 17 July 1907, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

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1752 Marriage of Child
David TREMBLAY married 17 February 1752, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Marcelline GAUTHIER

Birth — 1813
31 May 1813
La Prairie, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Esther PROVOST (PREVOST) and Francois-Marcian TREMBLAY 3 November 1829, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 16 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
David TREMBLAY was born 10 July 1830, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Esther was 17 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Vital TREMBLAY was born 30 January 1832, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Esther was 18 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Adolphe TREMBLAY was born 7 June 1835, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Esther was 22 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 23 October 1839, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Esther was 26 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Death of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY died 15 February 1840, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Esther was 26 years old.

1840 Birth of Child
Auguste TREMBLAY was born 4 December 1840, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Esther was 27 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
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 21 December 1842, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Esther was 29 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)

1844 Death of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY died 15 January 1844, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Esther was 30 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Simon TREMBLAY was born 16 November 1844, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Esther was 31 years old.

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Vital TREMBLAY married 20 November 1855, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada to Sophie REMILLARD

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 Marriage of Child
Adolphe TREMBLAY married 15 February 1858, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada to Cesarie BISAILLON

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Marriage of Child
David TREMBLAY married 12 May 1862, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle) to Philomene RHÉAUME

1862 Marriage of Child
Auguste TREMBLAY married 4 November 1862, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Opportune LUSSIER

1862 Death of Child
Adolphe TREMBLAY died 5 November 1862, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Esther was 49 years old.

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.