François-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born

11 March 1841 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Died

2 April 1898 , Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Canada

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Zenobie TREMBLAY Ode LAVOIE

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Born: 11 March 1841 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Father: Zenobie TREMBLAY

Mother: Ode LAVOIE

Paternal grandparents: Barthelemy TREMBLAY , Rose BOLDUC

Maternal grandparents: Olivier LAVOIE , Angelique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN

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François-Xavier married Philomene SIMARD 26 October 1858 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Philomene SIMARD was born 5 November 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Philomene died 12 July 1898 in Normandin, Canada. Philomene was the child of Jerome SIMARD and Lucille FORTIN.

François-Xavier TREMBLAY died 2 April 1898 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Canada.
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Spouse & Children of François-Xavier TREMBLAY

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François-Xavier TREMBLAY married

Philomene SIMARD
Marriage date: 26 October 1858
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Philomene SIMARD was the child of Jerome SIMARD and Lucille FORTIN

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Children of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Philomene SIMARD

Henri TREMBLAY

Born: 21 October 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Emma TREMBLAY

Born: 2 February 1861, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 24 July 1891, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Married: Treffle SIMARD 13 January 1885 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 22 September 1865, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 31 October 1923, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Oscar TREMBLAY

Born: 3 September 1870, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Died: 29 September 1931, Dolbeau, Canada

Georgianne TREMBLAY

Born: 14 September 1879, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Elodie TREMBLAY

Born: 12 February 1882, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Died: 5 July 1924, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1841
11 March 1841
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Philomene SIMARD 26 October 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 17 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Henri TREMBLAY was born 21 October 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 18 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Emma TREMBLAY was born 2 February 1861, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 19 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 22 September 1865, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

François-Xavier was 24 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.

1870 Birth of Child
Oscar TREMBLAY was born 3 September 1870, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 29 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.

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 Birth of Child
Georgianne TREMBLAY was born 14 September 1879, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 38 years old.

1882 Birth of Child
Elodie TREMBLAY was born 12 February 1882, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 40 years old.

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

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

1885 Marriage of Child
Emma TREMBLAY married 13 January 1885, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Treffle SIMARD

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