Geneviève DUCHESNE

Born

2 July 1815 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

12 July 1880 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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Laurent DUCHESNE Geneviève LEBRETON

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Born: 2 July 1815 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Laurent DUCHESNE

Mother: Geneviève LEBRETON

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Bruno DUCHESNE , Marguerite CADORET

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Henri LEBRETON , Angélique-Francoise BOUCHARD

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Geneviève married Florent TREMBLAY 10 January 1832 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Florent TREMBLAY was born 3 June 1809 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Florent died 17 March 1892 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Florent was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY.

Geneviève DUCHESNE died 12 July 1880 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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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Geneviève DUCHESNE married

Florent TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 10 January 1832
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Florent TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

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Children of Florent TREMBLAY and Geneviève DUCHESNE

Prosper TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 19 January 1911, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Rose-De-Lima TREMBLAY 11 January 1865 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Married: Alexandrine DUBE 9 September 1873 Place: Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 25 June 1838, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Levite TREMBLAY

Born: 27 May 1843, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 1 February 1916, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Phebee GAUTHIER 12 January 1869 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Married: Georgianne TREMBLAY 23 April 1882 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Ophedie GUERIN 29 February 1892 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Lea TREMBLAY

Born: 11 September 1844, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: ,

Abel TREMBLAY

Born: 4 June 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 13 June 1937, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Catherine AUDET 28 February 1876 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Emilie DUQUET dite DESROCHERS 27 September 1904 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Thomas TREMBLAY

Born: 6 October 1852, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 25 October 1902, Black Lake, Canada

Married: Leocadie GIRARD 28 October 1879 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Wilfrid TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Leontine TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 31 December 1885, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

François TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1865, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1815
2 July 1815
La Malbaie, 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève DUCHESNE and Florent TREMBLAY 10 January 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 16 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

1838 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 25 June 1838, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 22 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Levite TREMBLAY was born 27 May 1843, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Lea TREMBLAY was born 11 September 1844, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Geneviève was 29 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)

1850 Birth of Child
Abel TREMBLAY was born 4 June 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Geneviève was 34 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY was born 6 October 1852, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Geneviève was 37 years old.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Prosper TREMBLAY married 11 January 1865, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Rose-De-Lima TREMBLAY

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.

1869 Marriage of Child
Levite TREMBLAY married 12 January 1869, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Marie-Phebee GAUTHIER

1873 Marriage of Child
Prosper TREMBLAY married 9 September 1873, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Alexandrine DUBE

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

1876 Marriage of Child
Abel TREMBLAY married 28 February 1876, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Catherine AUDET

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 Marriage of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY married 28 October 1879, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Leocadie GIRARD