Joseph TREMBLAY

Born

16 October 1847 , La Baie, Canada East

Died

11 November 1907 , Alma, Québec, Canada

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Prudent TREMBLAY Olive SIMARD

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Joseph TREMBLAY was born 16 October 1847 in La Baie, Canada East

Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Prudent TREMBLAY and Olive SIMARD

and the grandchild of: (paternal) François TREMBLAY and Marie BOUDREAU (maternal) Pierre-Adolphe SIMARD and Modeste TREMBLAY

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Joseph married Theodora MARTEL 8 April 1872 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Theodora MARTEL was born 21 July 1849 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Theodora died 5 April 1937 in Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend). Theodora was the child of Pierre MARTEL and Flavie BOUCHARD.

Joseph TREMBLAY died 11 November 1907 in Alma, Québec, Canada .
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Joseph TREMBLAY married

Theodora MARTEL-- Date: 8 April 1872 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Theodora MARTEL was the child of Pierre MARTEL and Flavie BOUCHARD

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Theodora MARTEL

Marie TREMBLAY (b.16 May 1877, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Hector TREMBLAY (b.26 October 1886, Alma, Québec, Canada d. 17 April 1935, Alma, Québec, Canada )

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1847 Birth
16 October 1847
La Baie, 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.

1872 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY and Theodora MARTEL 8 April 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

He 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 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 16 May 1877, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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)

1886 Birth of Child
Hector TREMBLAY was born 26 October 1886, Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend)

Joseph was 39 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)

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.