Joseph TREMBLAY

(b. 16 June 1814 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 30 October 1874 , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph TREMBLAY was born 16 June 1814 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie DUPUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE) (maternal) Barthelemy DUPUIS and Marie-Angélique ROY

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

Joseph married Esther NORMANDIN 18 October 1836 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther NORMANDIN was born 2 October 1814 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Esther was the child of Paul NORMANDIN and Agnes FAILLE.

Joseph TREMBLAY died 30 October 1874 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Joseph TREMBLAY

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Joseph TREMBLAY married

Esther NORMANDIN-- Date: 18 October 1836 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Esther NORMANDIN was the child of Paul NORMANDIN and Agnes FAILLE

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Esther NORMANDIN:

Paul-Hormisdas TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Euphemie BRAULT 19 February 1862 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
m. Marie Rosina GRAVEL 4 October 1879 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1814 Birth
16 June 1814
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY and Esther NORMANDIN 18 October 1836, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 22 years old.

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)

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.

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Paul-Hormisdas TREMBLAY married 19 February 1862, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Euphemie BRAULT

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.