Godefroy TREMBLAY

(b. 1 November 1749 , Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 26 July 1830 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )

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Godefroy TREMBLAY was born 1 November 1749 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Godefroy TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Louis TREMBLAY and Jeanne-Anne VÉZINA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN (maternal) Pierre VÉZINA and Marie-Jeanne LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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

Godefroy married Marie-Felicite LAJOIE 24 April 1775 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Felicite LAJOIE was born 25 March 1756 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marie-Felicite died 4 May 1820 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie-Felicite was the child of François LAJOIE and Brigitte DESBIENS.

Godefroy TREMBLAY died 26 July 1830 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Godefroy TREMBLAY was a Fermier.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

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Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Godefroy TREMBLAY married

Marie-Felicite LAJOIE-- Date: 24 April 1775 Place: Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada
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Marie-Felicite LAJOIE was the child of François LAJOIE and Brigitte DESBIENS

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Children of Godefroy TREMBLAY and Marie-Felicite LAJOIE:

Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY (b.21 November 1775, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 August 1802, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Louis BOIVIN 25 November 1794 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre-Laurent TREMBLAY (b.18 July 1777, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 December 1777, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )

Madeleine TREMBLAY (b.25 October 1778, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 November 1800, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Bonaventure DUFOUR 16 July 1798 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Sauveur TREMBLAY (b.27 August 1780, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 April 1856, Les Éboulements, Canada East )
m. Marie-Suzanne GAUDREAULT 29 January 1805 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Charlotte DESGAGNES 3 November 1817 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Godefroy TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1782, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 January 1862, St-Paul-d'Abbotsford, Canada)
m. Julienne TREMBLAY 10 July 1804 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Blaise TREMBLAY (b.29 January 1784, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jacques GAUDREAU (GAUDREAULT) 23 August 1803 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Isidore TREMBLAY (b.10 November 1785, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 March 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East )
m. Henriette BOUCHARD 24 June 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Suzanne TREMBLAY (b.30 September 1789, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 July 1861, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Jerome GIRARD 14 September 1812 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marguerite TREMBLAY (b.21 November 1791, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 10 June 1822, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 8 August 1815 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Gregoire TREMBLAY (b.7 April 1794, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 28 October 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Agnes PERRON 5 October 1813 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Felicite SIMARD 25 July 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Rosalie TREMBLAY 23 August 1831 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Rosalie TREMBLAY (b.23 November 1796, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 2 October 1842, Les Éboulements, Canada East )
m. François TREMBLAY 23 November 1819 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY (b.14 April 1799, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1876, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ 27 April 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1749 Birth
1 November 1749
Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

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

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Godefroy TREMBLAY and Marie-Felicite LAJOIE 24 April 1775, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 25 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY was born 21 November 1775, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 26 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1777 Birth of Child
Pierre-Laurent TREMBLAY was born 18 July 1777, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 27 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 25 October 1778, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 29 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Sauveur TREMBLAY was born 27 August 1780, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 30 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Marie-Blaise TREMBLAY was born 29 January 1784, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 34 years old.

1785 Birth of Child
Isidore TREMBLAY was born 10 November 1785, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 36 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Suzanne TREMBLAY was born 30 September 1789, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 39 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Birth of Child
Marguerite TREMBLAY was born 21 November 1791, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 42 years old.

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

1794 Birth of Child
Gregoire TREMBLAY was born 7 April 1794, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 44 years old.

1794 Marriage of Child
Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY married 25 November 1794, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Louis BOIVIN

1796 Birth of Child
Rosalie TREMBLAY was born 23 November 1796, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 47 years old.

1798 Marriage of Child
Madeleine TREMBLAY married 16 July 1798, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Bonaventure DUFOUR

1799 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1799, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 49 years old.

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

1800 Death of Child
Madeleine TREMBLAY died 6 November 1800, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Godefroy was 51 years old.

1802 Death of Child
Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY died 24 August 1802, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 52 years old.

1803 Marriage of Child
Marie-Blaise TREMBLAY married 23 August 1803, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jacques GAUDREAU (GAUDREAULT)

1804 Marriage of Child
Godefroy TREMBLAY married 10 July 1804, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Julienne TREMBLAY

1805 Marriage of Child
Sauveur TREMBLAY married 29 January 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Suzanne GAUDREAULT

1811 Marriage of Child
Isidore TREMBLAY married 24 June 1811, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Henriette BOUCHARD

1812 Marriage of Child
Suzanne TREMBLAY married 14 September 1812, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jerome GIRARD

1813 Marriage of Child
Gregoire TREMBLAY married 5 October 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Agnes PERRON

1815 Marriage of Child
Marguerite TREMBLAY married 8 August 1815, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

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

1817 Marriage of Child
Sauveur TREMBLAY married 3 November 1817, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Charlotte DESGAGNES

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY married 27 April 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ

1819 Marriage of Child
Rosalie TREMBLAY married 23 November 1819, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to François TREMBLAY

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Felicite LAJOIE died 4 May 1820, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1822 Death of Child
Marguerite TREMBLAY died 10 June 1822, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Godefroy was 72 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage of Child
Gregoire TREMBLAY married 25 July 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Felicite SIMARD

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Death
26 July 1830
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 80.

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