Genevieve TREMBLAY

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9 December 1847 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Died

15 January 1912 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Francois-Pascal TREMBLAY Marie-Anastasie BERGERON

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Born: 9 December 1847 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Father: Francois-Pascal TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Anastasie BERGERON

Paternal grandparents: Abraham-Simon TREMBLAY , Catherine DALLAIRE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François BERGERON , Claire GAGNON

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Genevieve married Dorila TREMBLAY 2 October 1871 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Dorila TREMBLAY was born 2 September 1850 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Dorila died 5 May 1908 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Dorila was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Angélique LEBRETON dite LALANCETTE.

Genevieve TREMBLAY died 15 January 1912 in Québec, Québec, Canada .
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Dorila TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 2 October 1871
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

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Dorila TREMBLAY was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Angélique LEBRETON dite LALANCETTE

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Children of Dorila TREMBLAY and Genevieve TREMBLAY

Ernest TREMBLAY

Born: 29 August 1876, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada
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Louis-Eugene TREMBLAY

Born: 29 December 1878, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada
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Augustin TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1880, , Québec Province, Canada
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Clemence TREMBLAY

Born: November 1884, , Québec Province, Canada
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Joseph-Dorila TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1886, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 May 1886, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1847
9 December 1847
Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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

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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve TREMBLAY and Dorila TREMBLAY 2 October 1871, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 23 years old.

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

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

1876 Birth of Child
Ernest TREMBLAY was born 29 August 1876, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Genevieve was 28 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

1878 Birth of Child
Louis-Eugene TREMBLAY was born 29 December 1878, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Genevieve was 31 years old.

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

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

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

1884 Birth of Child
Clemence TREMBLAY was born November 1884, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Genevieve was 36 years old.

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)