Toussaint TREMBLAY

Born

6 February 1779 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

9 May 1859 , La Prairie, Canada East

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Born: 6 February 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Toussaint TREMBLAY

Father

Étienne TREMBLAY

Mother

Apolline LAVOIE

Grandparents of Toussaint TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

François-Xavier TREMBLAY Marie-Reine DUFOUR

Maternal grandparents

François LAVOIE Marie-Madeleine SIMARD

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

Toussaint married Geneviève-Marie BRAZEAU (BROSE) (BROZE) (PROZY) 31 May 1802 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Geneviève-Marie BRAZEAU (BROSE) (BROZE) (PROZY) was born 16 April 1783 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Geneviève-Marie died 28 March 1873 in Farnham, Québec, Canada . Geneviève-Marie was the child of Jean George BRAZEAU (BROSE) (BROZE) (PROZY) and Marie Louise LAROCHE.

Toussaint TREMBLAY died 9 May 1859 in La Prairie, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Toussaint TREMBLAY

Toussaint TREMBLAY married

Geneviève-Marie BRAZEAU (BROSE) (BROZE) (PROZY)
Marriage date: 31 May 1802
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Geneviève-Marie BRAZEAU (BROSE) (BROZE) (PROZY) was the child of Jean George BRAZEAU (BROSE) (BROZE) (PROZY) and Marie Louise LAROCHE

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Children of Toussaint TREMBLAY and Geneviève-Marie BRAZEAU (BROSE) (BROZE) (PROZY)

Toussaint-Vital TREMBLAY

Born: 14 April 1804, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 24 July 1856, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East

Married: Marie Apolline (Pauline) TREMBLAY 23 October 1832 Place: Napierville, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Born: 3 February 1806, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Ursule BROSSEAU 5 November 1827 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

Born: 18 December 1807, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 6 April 1811, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Louise-Apolline TREMBLAY

Born: 7 September 1809, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 25 February 1855, La Prairie, Canada East

Adelaide TREMBLAY

Born: 26 March 1811, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 20 February 1890, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Flavie TREMBLAY

Born: 11 February 1813, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 17 May 1897, Farnham, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Simon TREMBLAY

Born: 14 November 1816, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Apolline LANGEVIN 5 July 1842 Place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East

Alexis TREMBLAY

Born: 2 February 1818, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 15 April 1821, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: 25 December 1819, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 August 1820, La Prairie, Lower Canada

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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 — 1779
6 February 1779
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1802 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint TREMBLAY and Geneviève-Marie BRAZEAU (BROSE) (BROZE) (PROZY) 31 May 1802, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 23 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Toussaint-Vital TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1804, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 25 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 3 February 1806, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 27 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY was born 18 December 1807, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 28 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Louise-Apolline TREMBLAY was born 7 September 1809, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 30 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Adelaide TREMBLAY was born 26 March 1811, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 32 years old.

1811 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY died 6 April 1811, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 32 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Flavie TREMBLAY was born 11 February 1813, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 34 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Joseph-Simon TREMBLAY was born 14 November 1816, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Toussaint was 37 years old.

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

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

1818 Birth of Child
Alexis TREMBLAY was born 2 February 1818, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 39 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 25 December 1819, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 40 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Death of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY died 22 August 1820, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 41 years old.

1821 Death of Child
Alexis TREMBLAY died 15 April 1821, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 42 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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married 5 November 1827, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Ursule BROSSEAU

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Toussaint-Vital TREMBLAY married 23 October 1832, Napierville, Lower Canada to Marie Apolline (Pauline) TREMBLAY

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Simon TREMBLAY married 5 July 1842, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East to Apolline LANGEVIN

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.

1855 Death of Child
Louise-Apolline TREMBLAY died 25 February 1855, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Toussaint was 76 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Toussaint-Vital TREMBLAY died 24 July 1856, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 77 years old.

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 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

Death — 1859
9 May 1859
La Prairie, Canada East
He died at the age of 80.

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