Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

(b. 4 August 1787 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 February 1854 , La Malbaie, Canada East )

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Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 4 August 1787 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was the child of Guillaume-Isidore TREMBLAY and Madeleine DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) (maternal) Étienne DESBIENS and Veronique GONTHIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite HARVEY 19 October 1813 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marguerite HARVEY was born 26 June 1792 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marguerite died 19 February 1857 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marguerite was the child of Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) and Madeleine DUFOUR.

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY died 3 February 1854 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married

Marguerite HARVEY-- Date: 19 October 1813 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Marguerite HARVEY was the child of Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) and Madeleine DUFOUR

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Children of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marguerite HARVEY:

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY (b.13 December 1815, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 22 April 1899, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Leocadie MALTAIS 11 February 1839 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Didier TREMBLAY (b.26 November 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 1 July 1892, La Baie, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie SAVARD 22 February 1841 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis TREMBLAY (b.13 November 1821, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie CLAVEAU 29 September 1846 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY (b.23 May 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Hippolyte TREMBLAY (b.28 September 1828, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Sophie MOREAU 23 November 1852 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Elisabeth TREMBLAY (b.6 October 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )

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1787 Birth
4 August 1787
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marguerite HARVEY 19 October 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 26 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 13 December 1815, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Didier TREMBLAY was born 26 November 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

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

1821 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 13 November 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY was born 23 May 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Hippolyte TREMBLAY was born 28 September 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 41 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Elisabeth TREMBLAY was born 6 October 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married 11 February 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Leocadie MALTAIS

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Didier TREMBLAY married 22 February 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Marie SAVARD

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Louis TREMBLAY married 29 September 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Marie CLAVEAU

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Marriage of Child
Hippolyte TREMBLAY married 23 November 1852, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Sophie MOREAU