Francois TREMBLAY

Born

12 May 1852 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

Died

4 November 1940 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Arsene-Eugene TREMBLAY Louise GAGNON

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Born: 12 May 1852 in Les Éboulements, Canada East

Father: Arsene-Eugene TREMBLAY

Mother: Louise GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: Marcel TREMBLAY , Julienne GAUTHIER

Maternal grandparents: Jacob-Jacques GAGNON , Louise FORTIN

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Francois married Marie-Emma DUFOUR 7 January 1890 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Emma DUFOUR was born 12 January 1869 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Emma died 21 August 1957 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Emma was the child of Guillaume (William) DUFOUR and Edith TREMBLAY.

Francois TREMBLAY died 4 November 1940 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Marchand

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
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Spouse & Children of Francois TREMBLAY

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Francois TREMBLAY married

Marie-Emma DUFOUR
Marriage date: 7 January 1890
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Marie-Emma DUFOUR was the child of Guillaume (William) DUFOUR and Edith TREMBLAY

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Children of Francois TREMBLAY and Marie-Emma DUFOUR

Francois TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1891, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1944,

Bertha TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1895, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1993,

Lorenzo TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1896, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1995,

Antoine TREMBLAY

Born: 14 April 1904, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1963,

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Birth — 1852
12 May 1852
Les Éboulements, Canada East

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 - 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)

1890 Marriage / Partner
Francois TREMBLAY and Marie-Emma DUFOUR 7 January 1890, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 37 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 - 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)

1904 Birth of Child
Antoine TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1904, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Francois was 51 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 - 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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada