Joseph TREMBLAY

(b. 23 September 1739 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 9 August 1811 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph TREMBLAY was born 23 September 1739 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Jacques TREMBLAY and Marie-Renee ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel TREMBLAY and Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD (maternal) Pierre ROY and Marie-Angélique FAYE dite LAFAYETTE (LAFAILLE)

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE) 16 January 1775 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE) was born 20 December 1753 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie-Anne died 13 March 1789 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne was the child of Antoine-Nicolas CHENAIL (GENAILLE) and Marie-Anne-Madeleine MÉTRAS dite FENOUILLET.

Joseph married (2) Marguerite THIFFAULT 18 January 1790 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite THIFFAULT was born 19 June 1772 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 26 July 1806 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marguerite was the child of Jacques-Pierre THIFFAULT and Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE.

Joseph TREMBLAY died 9 August 1811 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph TREMBLAY was a cultivateur.
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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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Joseph TREMBLAY married

Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE)-- Date: 16 January 1775 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE) was the child of Antoine-Nicolas CHENAIL (GENAILLE) and Marie-Anne-Madeleine MÉTRAS dite FENOUILLET

Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE):

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.6 July 1783, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 April 1843, La Prairie, Canada East )
m. Marie DUPUIS 7 November 1803 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph TREMBLAY married

Marguerite THIFFAULT-- Date: 18 January 1790 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite THIFFAULT was the child of Jacques-Pierre THIFFAULT and Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE

Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marguerite THIFFAULT:

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1739 Birth
23 September 1739
La Prairie, Canada, New France

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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
Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE) 16 January 1775, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 35 years old.

1775 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

1783 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 6 July 1783, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 43 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE) died 13 March 1789, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY and Marguerite THIFFAULT 18 January 1790, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 50 years old.

1790 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 7 November 1803, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie DUPUIS

1806 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite THIFFAULT died 26 July 1806, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Death