Alexandre TREMBLAY

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5 May 1838 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

26 October 1911 , Pointe-aux-Outardes, Canada

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Hilarion TREMBLAY Mathilde TREMBLAY

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Born: 5 May 1838 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Hilarion TREMBLAY

Mother: Mathilde TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Etienne TREMBLAY , Cecile LATOUR

Maternal grandparents: Joseph TREMBLAY , Marie TREMBLAY

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Alexandre married Caroline ARSENAULT 11 July 1859 in Betsiamites, Saguenay, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Caroline ARSENAULT was born 28 November 1839 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Caroline died 23 February 1926 in Pointe-aux-Outardes, Canada. Caroline was the child of Basile ARSENAULT and Delina DUBE.

Alexandre TREMBLAY died 26 October 1911 in Pointe-aux-Outardes, Canada.
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Alexandre TREMBLAY married

Caroline ARSENAULT
Marriage date: 11 July 1859
Marriage place: Betsiamites, Saguenay, Québec, Canada
Caroline ARSENAULT was the child of Basile ARSENAULT and Delina DUBE

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Children of Alexandre TREMBLAY and Caroline ARSENAULT

Josephine TREMBLAY

Born: 7 June 1866, Les Escoumins, Quebec, Canada
Died: 3 June 1935, Pointe-aux-Outardes, Canada

Cecile TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1872, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1838
5 May 1838
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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
Alexandre TREMBLAY and Caroline ARSENAULT 11 July 1859, Betsiamites, Saguenay, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Josephine TREMBLAY was born 7 June 1866, Les Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Alexandre was 28 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.

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.

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)

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