Alexandre TREMBLAY

(b. abt. 1802 , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 February 1896 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Alexandre TREMBLAY was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada

Alexandre TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume TREMBLAY and Thérèse LAVOIE (maternal) Bruno TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne GAGNON

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Alexandre married Modeste MARTEL 17 April 1826 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Modeste MARTEL was born 28 July 1798 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Modeste died 20 January 1846 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Modeste was the child of Etienne MARTEL and Elisabeth GONTHIER.

Alexandre TREMBLAY died 16 February 1896 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Family and Children of Alexandre TREMBLAY

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Alexandre TREMBLAY married

Modeste MARTEL-- Date: 17 April 1826 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Modeste MARTEL was the child of Etienne MARTEL and Elisabeth GONTHIER

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Children of Alexandre TREMBLAY and Modeste MARTEL:

Flavie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 December 1856, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )

Delima TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 April 1891, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Theophile DUCHESNE 7 September 1869 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Marie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 February 1911, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Come DUCHESNE 21 September 1869 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre TREMBLAY and Modeste MARTEL 17 April 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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 - 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)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Modeste MARTEL died 20 January 1846, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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.

1856 Death of Child
Flavie TREMBLAY died 20 December 1856, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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.