Catherine TREMBLAY

(b. 22 September 1786 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 November 1875 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine TREMBLAY was born 22 September 1786 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine TREMBLAY was the child of Jacques TREMBLAY and Angelique PEPIN dite LACHANCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques TREMBLAY and Marie-Angélique CANTIN (QUENTIN) (maternal) Gervais PEPIN and Angelique BLOUIN

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

Catherine married Godefroy BOUCHARD 28 September 1813 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Godefroy BOUCHARD was born 30 May 1788 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Godefroy died 27 January 1818 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Godefroy was the child of Godefroy BOUCHARD and Charlotte TREMBLAY.

Catherine married (2) Antoine GONTHIER 25 August 1818 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Antoine GONTHIER was born 19 November 1792 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Antoine was the child of Jean-Marc GONTHIER and Genevieve COULOMBE.

Catherine TREMBLAY died 20 November 1875 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Catherine TREMBLAY

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Catherine TREMBLAY married

Godefroy BOUCHARD-- Date: 28 September 1813 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Godefroy BOUCHARD was the child of Godefroy BOUCHARD and Charlotte TREMBLAY

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Children of Godefroy BOUCHARD and Catherine TREMBLAY:

Julien BOUCHARD (b.9 January 1816, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 16 September 1908, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Clarisse SIMARD 26 July 1836 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Modeste BOUCHARD (b.3 August 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 8 December 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )

Catherine TREMBLAY married

Antoine GONTHIER-- Date: 25 August 1818 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Antoine GONTHIER was the child of Jean-Marc GONTHIER and Genevieve COULOMBE

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Children of Antoine GONTHIER and Catherine TREMBLAY:

Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) (b.3 June 1819, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 25 March 1903, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Thomas POTVIN 8 February 1836 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Eleonore GAUTHIER (b.14 April 1821, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Thomas TREMBLAY 25 January 1842 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie GAUTHIER (b.20 October 1824, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 July 1907, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Georges POTVIN 5 September 1843 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1786 Birth
22 September 1786
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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
Catherine TREMBLAY and Godefroy BOUCHARD 28 September 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 27 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Julien BOUCHARD was born 9 January 1816, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Catherine was 29 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Modeste BOUCHARD was born 3 August 1817, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Catherine was 30 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Catherine TREMBLAY and Antoine GONTHIER 25 August 1818, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 31 years old.

1818 Death of Spouse/Partner
Godefroy BOUCHARD died 27 January 1818, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1819 Birth of Child
Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) was born 3 June 1819, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Catherine was 32 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Eleonore GAUTHIER was born 14 April 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Catherine was 34 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Marie GAUTHIER was born 20 October 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Catherine was 38 years old.

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 of Child
Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) married 8 February 1836, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Thomas POTVIN

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Marriage of Child
Julien BOUCHARD married 26 July 1836, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Clarisse SIMARD

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Eleonore GAUTHIER married 25 January 1842, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Thomas TREMBLAY

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage of Child
Marie GAUTHIER married 5 September 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Georges POTVIN

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

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.