Louis TROMBLEY

(b. 2 September 1819 , Detroit, Michigan Territory d. 5 September 1870 , Warren, Michigan, USA )

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Louis TROMBLEY was born 2 September 1819 in Detroit, Michigan Territory

Louis TROMBLEY was the child of Joseph Louis TREMBLAY and Cecile CREQUY (CREQUI) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph Louis TREMBLAY and Cecile MARSAC (maternal) Jean Baptiste AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Cecile MESNY

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

Louis married Sophia KELLER 12 February 1844 in Detroit, Michigan, USA . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Sophia KELLER was born 13 May 1821 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Sophia was the child of Joseph KELLER and Mary-Louise LANGEVIN.

Louis TROMBLEY died 5 September 1870 in Warren, Michigan, USA.
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Occupation

Louis TROMBLEY was a Farmer.
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.
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farmer

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Louis TROMBLEY married

Sophia KELLER-- Date: 12 February 1844 Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Sophia KELLER was the child of Joseph KELLER and Mary-Louise LANGEVIN

Children of Louis TROMBLEY and Sophia KELLER:

Sophie TROMBLEY (b.abt. 1846, , Michigan, USA d. 2 September 1879, Warren, Michigan, USA)

Bridget (Brente) TROMBLEY (b.abt. 1848, , Michigan, USA d. 29 July 1879, Warren, Michigan, USA)

Celia TROMBLEY (b.abt. 1851, , Michigan, USA d. , )

William "George" TROMBLEY (b.abt. 1854, , Michigan, USA d. , )

Charles TROMBLEY (b.abt. 1858, , Michigan, USA d. , )

Mary A TROMBLEY (b.abt. 1860, , Michigan, USA d. , )

John Joseph TROMBLEY (b.13 March 1862, Detroit, Michigan, USA d. , )

Peter TROMBLEY (b.abt. 1865, , Michigan, USA d. , )

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1819 Birth
2 September 1819
Detroit, Michigan Territory

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

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

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

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

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

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

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Louis TROMBLEY and Sophia KELLER 12 February 1844, Detroit, Michigan, USA

He was 24 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1862 Birth of Child
John Joseph TROMBLEY was born 13 March 1862, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Louis was 42 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: Louis Trombley
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 05 Sep 1870
Death Place: Warren, Macomb, Michigan
Age: 51
Birth Date: 1819
Birth Place: Michigan
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51861-4
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 979574
Reference ID: p37 #732

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The name Michigan is based on a native American (Chippewa) word; 'meicigama' (meaning 'great water,' a word referring to Lake Superior). (statesymbolsusa.org)

January 26, 1837 - Michigan becomes 26th U.S. state