Genevieve GONTHIER

(b. 30 August 1788 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1875 , Roberval, Québec, Canada )

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Genevieve GONTHIER was born 30 August 1788 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Genevieve GONTHIER was the child of Jean-Marc GONTHIER and Genevieve COULOMBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GONTHIER and Marie-Josephte GAGNON (maternal) Antoine COULOMBE and Genevieve MAGNAN

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

Genevieve married Julien TREMBLAY 20 January 1807 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Julien TREMBLAY was born 30 December 1785 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Julien died 21 January 1869 in Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean). Julien was the child of Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE.

Genevieve GONTHIER died 5 March 1875 in Roberval, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Genevieve GONTHIER married

Julien TREMBLAY-- Date: 20 January 1807 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Julien TREMBLAY was the child of Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE

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Children of Julien TREMBLAY and Genevieve GONTHIER:

Marie TREMBLAY (b.16 March 1809, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 7 October 1887, Roberval, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean DESBIENS 24 October 1826 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Placide TREMBLAY (b.10 October 1811, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 13 February 1897, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Ignace THIBAULT 28 July 1829 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY (b.19 September 1813, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Hippolyte BOIVIN 8 February 1831 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Josephte TREMBLAY (b.3 November 1815, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 22 May 1901, Lac-Bouchette, Québec, Canada)
m. Chrysostome BOIVIN 27 June 1842 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Antoine TREMBLAY (b.31 December 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1895, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Josephte SIMARD 22 November 1842 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Josephine TREMBLAY (b.16 August 1819, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 21 September 1891, Roberval, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Arsene TREMBLAY (b.10 September 1821, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 29 January 1909, Roberval, Québec, Canada )
m. René TREMBLAY 9 January 1843 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Pierre TREMBLAY (b.27 June 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. abt. 1854, La Baie, Canada East )
m. Marie MUNGER 6 February 1843 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1788 Birth
30 August 1788
Saint-Laurent-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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve GONTHIER and Julien TREMBLAY 20 January 1807, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 18 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 16 March 1809, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Genevieve was 20 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Marie-Placide TREMBLAY was born 10 October 1811, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Genevieve was 23 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 19 September 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Genevieve was 25 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Josephte TREMBLAY was born 3 November 1815, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Genevieve was 27 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Antoine TREMBLAY was born 31 December 1817, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Genevieve was 29 years old.

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

1819 Birth of Child
Josephine TREMBLAY was born 16 August 1819, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Genevieve was 30 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Marie-Arsene TREMBLAY was born 10 September 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Genevieve was 33 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 27 June 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Genevieve 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 Marriage of Child
Marie TREMBLAY married 24 October 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean DESBIENS

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Marriage of Child
Marie-Placide TREMBLAY married 28 July 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Ignace THIBAULT

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY married 8 February 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Hippolyte BOIVIN

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Josephte TREMBLAY married 27 June 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Chrysostome BOIVIN

1842 Marriage of Child
Antoine TREMBLAY married 22 November 1842, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Josephte SIMARD

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-Arsene TREMBLAY married 9 January 1843, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to René TREMBLAY

1843 Marriage of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY married 6 February 1843, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Marie MUNGER

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.