Benjamin TREMBLAY

(b. abt. 1832 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 3 December 1896 , Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Benjamin TREMBLAY was born abt. 1832 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Benjamin TREMBLAY was the child of François TREMBLAY and Agnes LATOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis TREMBLAY and Therese CORNEAU (maternal) Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD and Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST

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

Benjamin married Marie COTE 1 August 1854 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie COTE was born abt. 1835 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie died 27 July 1915 in La Dore, Quebec, Canada. Marie was the child of Louis COTE and Anne BOUCHARD.

Benjamin TREMBLAY died 3 December 1896 in Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, 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
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Benjamin TREMBLAY married

Marie COTE-- Date: 1 August 1854 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Marie COTE was the child of Louis COTE and Anne BOUCHARD

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Children of Benjamin TREMBLAY and Marie COTE:

Wilfrid TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. 11 April 1900, Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

Louise-Emelia TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. , )

Marie TREMBLAY (b.23 August 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. , )

Annonciata TREMBLAY (b.30 January 1872, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 December 1928, Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean TREMBLAY 14 October 1889 in Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (St-Felicien)

Oscar TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1881, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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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)

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.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin TREMBLAY and Marie COTE 1 August 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 23 August 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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.