René-Pierre TREMBLAY

(b. 16 May 1749 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 19 February 1836 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )

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René-Pierre TREMBLAY was born 16 May 1749 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

René-Pierre TREMBLAY was the child of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine DUFOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN (maternal) Gabriel-Robert DUFOUR and Louise GAGNÉ

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

René-Pierre married Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY 8 January 1770 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY was born 24 December 1752 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie-Julie-Therese died 11 October 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Julie-Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine GUAY.

René-Pierre TREMBLAY died 19 February 1836 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada .
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René-Pierre TREMBLAY married

Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY-- Date: 8 January 1770 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine GUAY

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Children of René-Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY:

Marie-Genevieve-Silvie TREMBLAY (b.29 October 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY (b.26 July 1772, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 May 1841, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East )
m. Etienne LAVOIE 30 July 1799 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Suzanne TREMBLAY (b.14 February 1774, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 November 1849, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East )
m. Antoine GIRARD 20 August 1802 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Charlotte TREMBLAY (b.30 January 1776, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 January 1838, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST 18 November 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Agnès TREMBLAY (b.1 March 1778, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 December 1849, Les Éboulements, Canada East )
m. Isaac TREMBLAY 12 November 1805 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 May 1829, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Michel LAVOIE 4 February 1811 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY (b.26 February 1780, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 September 1847, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East )
m. Agnes-Adelaide BLUTEAU 30 January 1810 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)
m. Marie-Angelique TREMBLAY 14 October 1822 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Benjamin TREMBLAY (b.29 July 1782, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie FORTIER 27 June 1808 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
m. Eleonore BELLEAU dite LAROSE 3 November 1852 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Christine TREMBLAY (b.27 February 1786, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 October 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Zachary DUFOUR 29 August 1808 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Antoinette TREMBLAY (b.21 May 1788, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 June 1846, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Alexis DUFOUR 23 November 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Elie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1789, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 July 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East )
m. Marguerite TREMBLAY 24 November 1812 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Scholastique MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 24 March 1851 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1749 Birth
16 May 1749
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
René-Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY 8 January 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 20 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve-Silvie TREMBLAY was born 29 October 1770, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

René-Pierre was 21 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY was born 26 July 1772, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 23 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Suzanne TREMBLAY was born 14 February 1774, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 24 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Charlotte TREMBLAY was born 30 January 1776, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 26 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Agnès TREMBLAY was born 1 March 1778, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 28 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 26 February 1780, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 30 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 29 July 1782, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 33 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Christine TREMBLAY was born 27 February 1786, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 36 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Antoinette TREMBLAY was born 21 May 1788, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 39 years old.

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

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

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY married 30 July 1799, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Etienne LAVOIE

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Charlotte TREMBLAY married 18 November 1800, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST

1802 Marriage of Child
Suzanne TREMBLAY married 20 August 1802, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Antoine GIRARD

1805 Marriage of Child
Agnès TREMBLAY married 12 November 1805, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Isaac TREMBLAY

1808 Marriage of Child
Benjamin TREMBLAY married 27 June 1808, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Marie FORTIER

1808 Marriage of Child
Christine TREMBLAY married 29 August 1808, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Zachary DUFOUR

1810 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married 30 January 1810, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Agnes-Adelaide BLUTEAU

1811 Marriage of Child
Marie TREMBLAY married 4 February 1811, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Michel LAVOIE

1812 Marriage of Child
Elie TREMBLAY married 24 November 1812, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marguerite TREMBLAY

1815 Marriage of Child
Antoinette TREMBLAY married 23 November 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Alexis DUFOUR

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married 14 October 1822, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Marie-Angelique TREMBLAY

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

1824 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY died 11 October 1824 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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

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)

1829 Death of Child
Marie TREMBLAY died 26 May 1829, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René-Pierre was 80 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Death
19 February 1836
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 86.

Added: 1/31/2013 3:09:49 PM - Updated: 12/13/2023 12:37:15 PM