René (Irenee) TREMBLAY

(b. 4 November 1800 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 23 June 1877 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )

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René (Irenee) TREMBLAY was born 4 November 1800 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

René (Irenee) TREMBLAY was the child of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine DURETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DURETTE and Marie-Bibiane LABERGE

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René (Irenee) married Marie GAUTHIER 5 August 1828 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie GAUTHIER was born 2 October 1808 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie died 20 December 1877 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marie was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Modeste BOUCHARD.

René (Irenee) TREMBLAY died 23 June 1877 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of René (Irenee) TREMBLAY

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René (Irenee) TREMBLAY married

Marie GAUTHIER-- Date: 5 August 1828 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Marie GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Modeste BOUCHARD

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Children of René (Irenee) TREMBLAY and Marie GAUTHIER:

Francois TREMBLAY (b.24 August 1830, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 February 1916, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Louise BILODEAU 23 February 1852 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Arsene TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Rose-Delima HARVEY 4 February 1856 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Josephine TREMBLAY (b.14 January 1837, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Ephrem TREMBLAY 27 February 1854 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Elisa TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Cleophas TREMBLAY (b.26 June 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. , )
m. Georgianna BOUCHARD 5 April 1869 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1800 Birth
4 November 1800
Les Éboulements, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
René (Irenee) TREMBLAY and Marie GAUTHIER 5 August 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 27 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Francois TREMBLAY was born 24 August 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

René (Irenee) was 29 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Josephine TREMBLAY was born 14 January 1837, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

René (Irenee) was 36 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Cleophas TREMBLAY was born 26 June 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

René (Irenee) was 49 years old.

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Francois TREMBLAY married 23 February 1852, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Louise BILODEAU

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Josephine TREMBLAY married 27 February 1854, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Ephrem TREMBLAY

1856 Marriage of Child
Arsene TREMBLAY married 4 February 1856, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Rose-Delima HARVEY

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Cleophas TREMBLAY married 5 April 1869, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Georgianna BOUCHARD

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.