Edith FORTIN

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abt. 1836 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

26 May 1871 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

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Jerome FORTIN Marie-Luce GIRARD

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Born: abt. 1836 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jerome FORTIN

Mother: Marie-Luce GIRARD

Paternal grandparents: Jacques FORTIN , Judith TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Elie-Elisee GIRARD , Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY

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Edith married Napoleon TREMBLAY 15 February 1858 in Saint-Alphonse-de-Liguori, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Napoleon TREMBLAY was born 26 January 1839 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Napoleon was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Rosalie GRENON.

Edith FORTIN died 26 May 1871 in Saint-Fulgence, 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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Edith FORTIN married

Napoleon TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 15 February 1858
Marriage place: Saint-Alphonse-de-Liguori, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Napoleon TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Rosalie GRENON

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Children of Napoleon TREMBLAY and Edith FORTIN

Gilles TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1865, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Edith FORTIN and Napoleon TREMBLAY 15 February 1858, Saint-Alphonse-de-Liguori, Chicoutimi, Québec, 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.