Marie DROLET

Born

4 October 1828 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada

Died

11 February 1896 , Deschambault, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DROLET Madeleine BEDARD

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Born: 4 October 1828 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DROLET

Mother: Madeleine BEDARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DROLET , Marguerite ALAIN

Maternal grandparents: Francois-Regis BEDARD , Marguerite AUCLAIR

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Marie married Pierre TREMBLAY 27 February 1854 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Pierre TREMBLAY was born abt. 1835 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre was the child of Edouard TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine GAUDREAU.

Marie DROLET died 11 February 1896 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada .
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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.

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Marie DROLET married

Pierre TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 27 February 1854
Marriage place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada East

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Pierre TREMBLAY was the child of Edouard TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine GAUDREAU

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Children of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie DROLET

Pierre TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 December 1912, Grondines, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie NOREAU 14 September 1874 Place: Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf)

Adelaide TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 31 May 1871, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada

Alphonse TREMBLAY

Born: 28 October 1865, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada East
Died: 7 July 1939, St-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona, Québec, Canada

Alfred TREMBLAY

Born: 18 October 1868, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1828
4 October 1828
L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada

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)

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
Marie DROLET and Pierre TREMBLAY 27 February 1854, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 25 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)

1865 Birth of Child
Alphonse TREMBLAY was born 28 October 1865, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Marie was 37 years old.

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.