François Joseph TREMBLAY

Born

5 October 1745 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Died

28 April 1818 , Detroit, Michigan Territory

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Ambroise TREMBLAY Marguerite SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE

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Born: 5 October 1745 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Father: Ambroise TREMBLAY

Mother: Marguerite SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE

Paternal grandparents: Michel TREMBLAY , Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE , Catherine-Marguerite FORTIN

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François Joseph married Magdelene MESNY 11 April 1768 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Magdelene MESNY was born 11 December 1754 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Magdelene was the child of Antoine MESNY and Anne Jeanne SÉGUIN.

François Joseph TREMBLAY died 28 April 1818 in Detroit, Michigan Territory.
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François Joseph TREMBLAY married

Magdelene MESNY
Marriage date: 11 April 1768
Marriage place: Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Magdelene MESNY was the child of Antoine MESNY and Anne Jeanne SÉGUIN

Children of François Joseph TREMBLAY and Magdelene MESNY

Antoine François TREMBLAY

Born: 18 December 1771, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Charles TREMBLAY

Born: 27 July 1773, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Married: Marie CHARTIER dite ROBERT 13 January 1806

Married: Felicite LAPIERRE dite ROBERT 15 February 1808 Place: Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

Married: Rosalie CHARRON 13 January 1822 Place: Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

Mary Magdalene TREMBLAY

Born: 18 October 1775, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Mary Geneveva TREMBLAY

Born: 16 July 1777, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Ignatius TREMBLAY

Born: 19 April 1779, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Pierre (Peter) TREMBLAY (TROMBLY)

Born: 6 June 1780, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: 28 August 1850, , Michigan, USA

Jean Louis "John" TREMBLAY

Born: 31 October 1781, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: 28 March 1844, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Louis TREMBLAY

Born: 20 February 1783, , French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: 9 March 1858, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

John Evangelist TREMBLAY

Born: 28 January 1784, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
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John Baptist TREMBLAY

Born: 1 September 1786, Windsor, Essex, Quebec (Ontario), Canada
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Jane TREMBLAY

Born: 4 December 1788,
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Elizabeth TREMBLAY

Born: 2 July 1791, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Henry TREMBLAY

Born: 29 March 1796, Detroit, Michigan Territory
Died: ,

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Birth — 1745
5 October 1745
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1768 Marriage / Partner
François Joseph TREMBLAY and Magdelene MESNY 11 April 1768, Detroit, Michigan, USA

He was 22 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Antoine François TREMBLAY was born 18 December 1771, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 26 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Charles TREMBLAY was born 27 July 1773, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 27 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Mary Magdalene TREMBLAY was born 18 October 1775, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 30 years old.

1777 Birth of Child
Mary Geneveva TREMBLAY was born 16 July 1777, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 31 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Ignatius TREMBLAY was born 19 April 1779, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 33 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Pierre (Peter) TREMBLAY (TROMBLY) was born 6 June 1780, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 34 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Jean Louis "John" TREMBLAY was born 31 October 1781, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 36 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 20 February 1783, , Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 37 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
John Evangelist TREMBLAY was born 28 January 1784, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 38 years old.

1786 Birth of Child
John Baptist TREMBLAY was born 1 September 1786, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

François Joseph was 40 years old.

1791 Birth of Child
Elizabeth TREMBLAY was born 2 July 1791, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 45 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Birth of Child
Henry TREMBLAY was born 29 March 1796, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François Joseph was 50 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1808 Marriage of Child
Charles TREMBLAY married 15 February 1808, Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville) to Felicite LAPIERRE dite ROBERT

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)