Joseph TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS

Born

17 May 1820 , Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

Died

1 August 1898 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Alexandre DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE Modeste DUBE

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Born: 17 May 1820 in Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

Father: Alexandre DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE

Mother: Modeste DUBE

Paternal grandparents: Alexandre DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE , Modeste FOURNIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DUBE , Veronique FOURNIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Emerence LESSARD 11 April 1854 in Québec, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerence LESSARD was born 15 June 1825 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Emerence died 1 January 1886 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Emerence was the child of Georges LESSARD and Anastasie CHORET.

Joseph TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS died 1 August 1898 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Journalier

The journalier, or day labourer, was a worker employed by the day, typically in the agricultural sector. He usually only worked during the summer months, for low wages, which meant that day labourers were among the poorest of the inhabitants of New France.
Source: tfcq.ca

A Day in the Life of a 18th Century Journalier in New France

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Spouse & Children of Joseph TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS

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Joseph TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS married

Emerence LESSARD
Marriage date: 11 April 1854
Marriage place: Québec, Canada East
Emerence LESSARD was the child of Georges LESSARD and Anastasie CHORET

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS and Emerence LESSARD

Maxime TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS

Born: 4 February 1851, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Josephine CLOUTIER 7 October 1872 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1820
17 May 1820
Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Maxime TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS was born 4 February 1851, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph was 30 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS and Emerence LESSARD 11 April 1854, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 33 years old.

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.

1872 Marriage of Child
Maxime TREMBLAY dit DESROSIERS married 7 October 1872, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Josephine CLOUTIER

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)