Bernard TREMBLAY

(b. 20 October 1799 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 7 January 1871 , Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada )

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Bernard TREMBLAY was born 20 October 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Bernard TREMBLAY was the child of Elie TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine DUCHESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marguerite BALLARD dite LATOUR (maternal) Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Julie GIRARD

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

Bernard married Celeste GRAVEL 14 June 1825 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Celeste GRAVEL was born 8 December 1803 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Celeste died 21 January 1878 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Celeste was the child of Augustin GRAVEL and Josephte GAREAU dite ST ONGE.

Bernard TREMBLAY died 7 January 1871 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Bernard TREMBLAY

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Bernard TREMBLAY married

Celeste GRAVEL-- Date: 14 June 1825 Place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Celeste GRAVEL was the child of Augustin GRAVEL and Josephte GAREAU dite ST ONGE

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Children of Bernard TREMBLAY and Celeste GRAVEL:

Celeste TREMBLAY (b.9 May 1826, Saint-Mathias, Rouville, Quebec, Canada d. 4 April 1906, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Jean-Baptiste RACICOT 3 August 1874 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie Melanie TREMBLAY (b.4 November 1827, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 6 April 1874, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Theophile GOUDREAU 20 August 1855 in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada (Boucherville Station)

Marie-Adelaide TREMBLAY (b.12 April 1829, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )

Jeremie TREMBLAY (b.24 October 1832, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.29 January 1835, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )

Gedeon TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1836, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 16 May 1861, Saint-Césaire, Canada East )

Philomene TREMBLAY (b.14 April 1839, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )

Moise TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1840, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )

Augustin TREMBLAY (b.17 December 1842, Chambly, Canada East d. , )
m. Marie BOBO dite FLEURY 9 October 1861 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Marie (Mary) TREMBLAY (b.21 June 1844, Chambly, Canada East d. 27 January 1910, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Cleophas LEDUC 1865

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1799 Birth
20 October 1799
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Bernard TREMBLAY and Celeste GRAVEL 14 June 1825, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 25 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Celeste TREMBLAY was born 9 May 1826, Saint-Mathias, Rouville, Quebec, Canada

Bernard was 26 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Marie Melanie TREMBLAY was born 4 November 1827, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 28 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelaide TREMBLAY was born 12 April 1829, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 29 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Jeremie TREMBLAY was born 24 October 1832, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 33 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 29 January 1835, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 35 years old.

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
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1839, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 39 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

1842 Birth of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY was born 17 December 1842, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 43 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Marie (Mary) TREMBLAY was born 21 June 1844, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 44 years old.

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Marie Melanie TREMBLAY married 20 August 1855, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada (Boucherville Station) to Theophile GOUDREAU

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

1861 Death of Child
Gedeon TREMBLAY died 16 May 1861, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Bernard was 61 years old.

1861 Marriage of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY married 9 October 1861, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire) to Marie BOBO dite FLEURY

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.