Modeste TREMBLAY

Born

14 February 1792 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

26 November 1851 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

Modeste married Christophe TREMBLAY 11 June 1816 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Christophe TREMBLAY was born abt. 1789 in Québec Province, Canada. Christophe died 13 September 1864 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . Christophe was the child of Etienne-Gaspard TREMBLAY and Marie TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Modeste TREMBLAY

Parents of Modeste TREMBLAY

Father

Louis TREMBLAY

Mother

Charlotte SAVARD

Grandparents of Modeste TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Alexis TREMBLAY Rose-Angelique GONTHIER (GAUTHIER)

Maternal grandparents

Charles SAVARD Marie-Dorothée PARE

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Modeste TREMBLAY

Modeste TREMBLAY married

Christophe TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 11 June 1816
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Christophe TREMBLAY was the child of Etienne-Gaspard TREMBLAY and Marie TREMBLAY

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Children of Christophe TREMBLAY and Modeste TREMBLAY

Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

Born: 19 March 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 5 April 1879, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Jules TREMBLAY

Born: 18 February 1819, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 20 February 1904, St-Benoît-Joseph-Labre d'Amqui, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

Married: Emilienne DUFOUR 3 February 1846 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

Lazare TREMBLAY

Born: 11 May 1821, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: August 1893, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Leocadie TREMBLAY 15 January 1850 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Casimir TREMBLAY

Born: 26 January 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Eleonore AUDET 6 February 1855 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Narcisse TREMBLAY

Born: 7 February 1825, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louise TREMBLAY 23 August 1852 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Zoe TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1833, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 20 November 1909, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Almarche TREMBLAY 7 February 1854 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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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 — 1792
14 February 1792
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Modeste TREMBLAY and Christophe TREMBLAY 11 June 1816 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 24 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TREMBLAY was born 19 March 1817, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 25 years old.

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

1819 Birth of Child
Jules TREMBLAY was born 18 February 1819, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 27 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Lazare TREMBLAY was born 11 May 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 29 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Casimir TREMBLAY was born 26 January 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 30 years old.

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

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

1825 Birth of Child
Narcisse TREMBLAY was born 7 February 1825, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 33 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Jules TREMBLAY married 3 February 1846, Chicoutimi, Canada East to Emilienne DUFOUR