flag female ancestor  Modeste  LAJOIE

  (b. 1 December 1843 La Malbaie, Canada East   d. 24 July 1904 Saint-Bruno, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )  

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Modeste LAJOIE was born 1 December 1843 in La Malbaie, Canada East

Modeste LAJOIE was the child of Hippolyte LAJOIE   and   Adelaide BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis LAJOIE and Modeste HARVEY (maternal)  Jean-François BERGERON and Claire GAGNON

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Modeste  married  Joseph TREMBLAY 27 October 1862 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph TREMBLAY  was born 23 August 1841 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix).  Joseph died 22 July 1922 in Saint-Bruno, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada.  Joseph was the child of Dominique TREMBLAY and Basilisse MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ.

Modeste LAJOIE died 24 July 1904 in Saint-Bruno, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

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Family and Children of Modeste LAJOIE

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Modeste LAJOIE married flag male ancestor Joseph TREMBLAY-- Date: 27 October 1862 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Dominique TREMBLAY and Basilisse MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ




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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Modeste LAJOIE:

flag male ancestor Joseph TREMBLAY (b.3 May 1877, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada   d. abt. 1948, , Canada)

flag male ancestor Michel TREMBLAY (b.31 October 1878, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada  d. , )

flag photo of Francois TREMBLAY  Francois TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1882, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )
m. Marie-Louise TREMBLAY 27 October 1903



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birth1843 Birth
1 December 1843
La Malbaie, Canada East
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1862 Marriage / Partner
Modeste LAJOIE and Joseph TREMBLAY 27 October 1862, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

She was 18 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1877 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 3 May 1877, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Modeste was 33 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1878 Birth of Child
Michel TREMBLAY was born 31 October 1878, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Modeste was 34 years old.
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1904 Death
24 July 1904
Saint-Bruno, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 60.
Added: 7/14/2024 10:11:31 AM - Updated: 12/22/2024 12:54:33 AM

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