Joseph TREMBLAY

(b. 31 January 1797 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 18 July 1840 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph TREMBLAY was born 31 January 1797 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Julie LAJOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Andre TREMBLAY and Judith DUFOUR (maternal) François LAJOIE and Marie-Thérèse BOUCHARD

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

Joseph married Olive DESBIENS 9 January 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Olive DESBIENS was born 20 February 1793 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Olive died 12 February 1855 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Olive was the child of Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS and Marie-Anne HARVEY.

Joseph TREMBLAY died 18 July 1840 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .
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Family and Children of Joseph TREMBLAY

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Joseph TREMBLAY married

Olive DESBIENS-- Date: 9 January 1816 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Olive DESBIENS was the child of Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS and Marie-Anne HARVEY

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Olive DESBIENS:

Anastasie TREMBLAY (b.24 August 1819, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 3 July 1891, Ste-Zoé des Grandes-Bergeronnes, Canada)

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.7 February 1824, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 13 September 1888, Bergeronnes, Canada)
m. Alexandrienne-Adriane LAPOINTE 10 September 1844 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Theodore TREMBLAY (b.14 May 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. May 1893, Grandes Bergeronnes, Cote-Nord, Quebec, Canada)
m. Clementine AUDET dite LAPOINTE 17 August 1847 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Anne TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Seraphine TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Adelina TREMBLAY (b.16 July 1834, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 21 February 1917, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

Ferdinand TREMBLAY (b.24 July 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 4 May 1912, Ste-Zoé des Grandes-Bergeronnes, Canada)
m. Christine BRASSARD 7 January 1862

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1797 Birth
31 January 1797
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY and Olive DESBIENS 9 January 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 18 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Anastasie TREMBLAY was born 24 August 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 22 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1824 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 7 February 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 27 years old.

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Theodore TREMBLAY was born 14 May 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelina TREMBLAY was born 16 July 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 37 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 Birth of Child
Ferdinand TREMBLAY was born 24 July 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 42 years old.