Louis TREMBLAY

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31 December 1845 , La Malbaie, Canada East

Died

4 December 1913 , St-Simeon, Quebec, Canada

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Basile TREMBLAY Marie-Louise HARVEY

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Born: 31 December 1845 in La Malbaie, Canada East

Father: Basile TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Louise HARVEY

Paternal grandparents: Louis TREMBLAY , Charlotte DESGAGNES

Maternal grandparents: François HERVE (HARVEY) , Antoinette AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Louis married Lumina GONTHIER (GAUTHIER) 31 January 1870 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Lumina GONTHIER (GAUTHIER) was born 27 February 1844 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Lumina was the child of Hippolyte GONTHIER and Angele SAVARD.

Louis TREMBLAY died 4 December 1913 in St-Simeon, Quebec, 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.
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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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Louis TREMBLAY married

Lumina GONTHIER (GAUTHIER)
Marriage date: 31 January 1870
Marriage place: St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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Lumina GONTHIER (GAUTHIER) was the child of Hippolyte GONTHIER and Angele SAVARD

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Children of Louis TREMBLAY and Lumina GONTHIER (GAUTHIER)

Ernestine TREMBLAY

Born: 12 February 1870, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
Died: 27 July 1942, Saint-Siméon, Québec, Canada

Alphonse TREMBLAY

Born: 29 October 1881, Baie-des-Sables, St-Siméon, Quebec, Canada
Died: 31 January 1950, Clermont, Quebec, Canada

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Birth — 1845
31 December 1845
La Malbaie, 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.

1870 Marriage / Partner
Louis TREMBLAY and Lumina GONTHIER (GAUTHIER) 31 January 1870, St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Ernestine TREMBLAY was born 12 February 1870, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 24 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)

1881 Birth of Child
Alphonse TREMBLAY was born 29 October 1881, Baie-des-Sables, St-Siméon, Quebec, Canada

Louis was 35 years old.

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

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic