Protais TREMBLAY

(b. 20 September 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 19 April 1880 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )

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Protais TREMBLAY was born 20 September 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Protais TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Rosalie GRENON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Madeleine POITEVIN dite POTVIN (maternal) Henri GRENON and Therese-Dorothee GUAY

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Protais married Tharsile SIMARD 24 January 1848 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Tharsile SIMARD was born 25 March 1825 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Tharsile died 16 March 1910 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Tharsile was the child of Andre SIMARD and Marie TREMBLAY.

Protais TREMBLAY died 19 April 1880 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Protais TREMBLAY

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Protais TREMBLAY married

Tharsile SIMARD-- Date: 24 January 1848 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Tharsile SIMARD was the child of Andre SIMARD and Marie TREMBLAY

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Children of Protais TREMBLAY and Tharsile SIMARD:

Charles TREMBLAY (b.16 February 1850, Saint-Fulgence, Canada East d. 16 December 1939, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )
m. Louise TREMBLAY 21 February 1871 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)
m. Mathilda LAVOIE 13 August 1900 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)

Henri TREMBLAY (b.31 August 1851, Saint-Fulgence, Canada East d. , )
m. Emerentienne HARVEY 27 October 1874 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Louise TREMBLAY (b.1 May 1854, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 19 December 1940, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )
m. Moise TREMBLAY 29 April 1895 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Eusebe TREMBLAY (b.7 January 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 21 April 1912, Causapscal, Canada)

Rose TREMBLAY (b.22 June 1864, , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 November 1950, , Canada)

Auguste TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1868, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Richard TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1871, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Napoleon TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1876, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1823 Birth
20 September 1823
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Protais TREMBLAY and Tharsile SIMARD 24 January 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

He was 24 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Charles TREMBLAY was born 16 February 1850, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Protais was 26 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Henri TREMBLAY was born 31 August 1851, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Protais was 27 years old.

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

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 1 May 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Protais was 30 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Eusebe TREMBLAY was born 7 January 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Protais was 33 years old.

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
Rose TREMBLAY was born 22 June 1864, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Protais was 40 years old.

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.