Delima DESBIENS

Born

15 August 1830 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

20 April 1875 , St-Épiphane, Canada

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Vital DESBIENS Madeleine HARVEY

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Born: 15 August 1830 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Vital DESBIENS

Mother: Madeleine HARVEY

Paternal grandparents: David DESBIENS , Felicite GAUDREAU

Maternal grandparents: Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) , Madeleine DUFOUR

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Delima married Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 12 April 1853 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 25 May 1830 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Jean-Baptiste died abt. 1889 in United States (USA) (American Colonies). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Francoise DALLAIRE.

Delima DESBIENS died 20 April 1875 in St-Épiphane, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Delima DESBIENS married

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 12 April 1853
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Francoise DALLAIRE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Delima DESBIENS

Alphonse TREMBLAY

Born: 5 March 1854, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 10 January 1925, Old Town, Maine, USA

Vitaline TREMBLAY

Born: 17 July 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1864, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Addee TREMBLAY 21 January 1889 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1830
15 August 1830
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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)

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

1853 Marriage / Partner
Delima DESBIENS and Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 12 April 1853, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 22 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Alphonse TREMBLAY was born 5 March 1854, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Delima was 23 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

1861 Birth of Child
Vitaline TREMBLAY was born 17 July 1861, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Delima was 30 years old.

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.