Michel TREMBLAY

Born

5 May 1844 , La Malbaie, Canada East

Died

5 May 1875 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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Stanislas TREMBLAY Marie GIRARD

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Born: 5 May 1844 in La Malbaie, Canada East

Father: Stanislas TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie GIRARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph TREMBLAY , Constance CLAVEAU

Maternal grandparents: Antoine GIRARD , Christine GAGNON

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Michel married Delvina JEAN 11 January 1870 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Delvina JEAN was born 30 January 1851 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Delvina died 31 July 1904 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Delvina was the child of Didier JEAN and Marthe TREMBLAY.

Michel TREMBLAY died 5 May 1875 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

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Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Delvina JEAN
Marriage date: 11 January 1870
Marriage place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada
Delvina JEAN was the child of Didier JEAN and Marthe TREMBLAY

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Children of Michel TREMBLAY and Delvina JEAN

Adiana TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1875, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1844
5 May 1844
La Malbaie, Canada East

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

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.

1870 Marriage / Partner
Michel TREMBLAY and Delvina JEAN 11 January 1870, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

He was 25 years old.

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