Benjamin TREMBLAY

Born

18 January 1849 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Died

11 March 1920 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Leon TREMBLAY Olive GIRARD

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Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 18 January 1849 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Benjamin TREMBLAY was the child of Leon TREMBLAY and Olive GIRARD

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Luc TREMBLAY and Catherine SIMARD (maternal) Benjamin GIRARD and Marie-Justine BLUTEAU

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Benjamin married Marie-Zoe DUFOUR 5 February 1878 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie-Zoe DUFOUR was born 6 December 1855 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Zoe died 29 December 1934 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Zoe was the child of Florent DUFOUR and Eulalie FORTIN.

Benjamin TREMBLAY died 11 March 1920 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Benjamin TREMBLAY married

Marie-Zoe DUFOUR-- Date: 5 February 1878 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Marie-Zoe DUFOUR was the child of Florent DUFOUR and Eulalie FORTIN

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Children of Benjamin TREMBLAY and Marie-Zoe DUFOUR

Louise TREMBLAY (b.30 October 1878, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. , )

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.13 September 1880, Québec, Québec, Canada d. 13 March 1952, Rimouski, Québec, Canada )

Elodie TREMBLAY (b.6 January 1882, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. , )

Alma TREMBLAY (b.4 October 1883, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. 12 September 1961, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )

Arthur TREMBLAY (b.20 July 1885, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. 1 June 1903, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

Emilie TREMBLAY (b.26 March 1887, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. , )

Olive TREMBLAY (b.22 March 1889, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. 1 March 1910, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

Oscar TREMBLAY (b.31 January 1891, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marilda TREMBLAY 7 January 1913 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Lumina TREMBLAY (b.6 August 1893, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. 10 September 1916, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

Corinna TREMBLAY (b.6 February 1895, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. 30 January 1902, Saint-Grégoire de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada)

Josephine TREMBLAY (b.3 September 1896, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1849 Birth
18 January 1849
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin TREMBLAY and Marie-Zoe DUFOUR 5 February 1878, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 29 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1878 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 30 October 1878, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 29 years old.

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

1880 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 13 September 1880, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Benjamin was 31 years old.

1882 Birth of Child
Elodie TREMBLAY was born 6 January 1882, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 32 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Alma TREMBLAY was born 4 October 1883, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 34 years old.

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

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

1885 Birth of Child
Arthur TREMBLAY was born 20 July 1885, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 36 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 Birth of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY was born 26 March 1887, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 38 years old.

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)

1889 Birth of Child
Olive TREMBLAY was born 22 March 1889, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 40 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Oscar TREMBLAY was born 31 January 1891, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 42 years old.

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Birth of Child
Lumina TREMBLAY was born 6 August 1893, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 44 years old.

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1895 Birth of Child
Corinna TREMBLAY was born 6 February 1895, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 46 years old.

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 Birth of Child
Josephine TREMBLAY was born 3 September 1896, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 47 years old.

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 Death of Child
Corinna TREMBLAY died 30 January 1902, Saint-Grégoire de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Benjamin was 53 years old.

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)

1903 Death of Child
Arthur TREMBLAY died 1 June 1903, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 54 years old.

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 Death of Child
Olive TREMBLAY died 1 March 1910, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 61 years old.

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

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 Marriage of Child
Oscar TREMBLAY married 7 January 1913, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Marilda TREMBLAY

1916 Death of Child
Lumina TREMBLAY died 10 September 1916, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 67 years old.

1920 Death
11 March 1920
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 71.

Added: 3/21/2024 5:24:00 PM - Updated: 1/1/2025 11:08:37 PM

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