Henri TREMBLAY

(b. 2 October 1806 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 20 March 1887 , Matane, Québec, Canada )

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Henri TREMBLAY was born 2 October 1806 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Henri TREMBLAY was the child of François TREMBLAY and Catherine MCNICOLL and the grandchild of: (paternal) François TREMBLAY and Madeleine BAUCHER dite MORENCY (maternal) Agapit MCNICOLL and Angelique DALLAIRE (ALLAIRE)

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

Henri married Rosalie DESBIENS 3 February 1829 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Rosalie DESBIENS was born 1 August 1812 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Rosalie died 31 May 1879 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Rosalie was the child of Jean-Marie DESBIENS and Monique PERRON.

Henri TREMBLAY died 20 March 1887 in Matane, 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 Henri TREMBLAY

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Henri TREMBLAY married

Rosalie DESBIENS-- Date: 3 February 1829 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Rosalie DESBIENS was the child of Jean-Marie DESBIENS and Monique PERRON

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Children of Henri TREMBLAY and Rosalie DESBIENS:

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Mathilde GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 22 November 1853 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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

Josephte TREMBLAY (b.28 February 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 17 April 1919, Sayabec, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada)

Onesime TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Seraphine TREMBLAY 21 February 1865 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Emerentienne TREMBLAY (b.13 May 1841, Matane, Canada East d. , )

Ferdinand TREMBLAY (b.18 May 1850, Matane, Canada East d. , )
m. Valentine TRUCHON 4 February 1873 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Pierre TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite HARRISON 20 February 1871 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Aubert TREMBLAY (b.2 April 1853, Matane, Canada East d. 16 April 1905, Matane, Québec, Canada )
m. Geneviève PERRON 4 March 1878 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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1806 Birth
2 October 1806
La Malbaie, 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)

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

1829 Marriage / Partner
Henri TREMBLAY and Rosalie DESBIENS 3 February 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Josephte TREMBLAY was born 28 February 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Henri was 32 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Emerentienne TREMBLAY was born 13 May 1841, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Henri was 34 years old.

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
Ferdinand TREMBLAY was born 18 May 1850, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Henri was 43 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Aubert TREMBLAY was born 2 April 1853, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Henri was 46 years old.

1853 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 22 November 1853, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Mathilde GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Onesime TREMBLAY married 21 February 1865, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Seraphine TREMBLAY

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.