Virginie DESCROISELLES

Born

12 May 1857 , Québec, Canada East

Died

6 March 1935 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Virginie DESCROISELLES

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Born: 12 May 1857 in Québec, Canada East

Parents of Virginie DESCROISELLES

Father

Francois DESCROISELLES

Mother

Agathe DUMONT

Grandparents of Virginie DESCROISELLES

Paternal grandparents

Francois DESCROISELLES Genevieve GUILLEMIN

Maternal grandparents

Pierre DUMONT dit GUÉRET Cecile SIROIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Virginie married Elie TREMBLAY 25 August 1880 in Québec, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elie TREMBLAY was born 9 October 1853 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East. Elie died 27 March 1912 in Montréal, Québec, Canada . Elie was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Adele PARADIS.

Virginie DESCROISELLES died 6 March 1935 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Virginie DESCROISELLES

Virginie DESCROISELLES married

Elie TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 25 August 1880
Marriage place: Québec, Québec, Canada

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Elie TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Adele PARADIS

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Elie TREMBLAY and Virginie DESCROISELLES

Raoul TREMBLAY

Born: 1 October 1881, Québec, Québec, Canada
Died: 20 December 1943, La Tuque, Quebec, Canada

Wesley TREMBLAY

Born: November 1889, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 July 1932, Québec, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1857
12 May 1857
Québec, Canada East

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.

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 - 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)

1880 Marriage / Partner
Virginie DESCROISELLES and Elie TREMBLAY 25 August 1880, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 23 years old.

1881 Birth of Child
Raoul TREMBLAY was born 1 October 1881, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Virginie was 24 years old.

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)

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)

1889 Birth of Child
Wesley TREMBLAY was born November 1889, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Virginie was 32 years old.

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.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada