Joseph TREMBLAY

(b. 14 November 1803 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 19 February 1874 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph TREMBLAY was born 14 November 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Jacques-Vincent-Athanase TREMBLAY and Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles TREMBLAY and Felicite DUCHESNE (maternal) Unknown UNKNOWN and Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST

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

Joseph married Adelaide SIMARD 6 November 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Adelaide SIMARD was born 27 April 1810 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Adelaide died 6 February 1846 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Adelaide was the child of Jerome SIMARD and Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER.

Joseph TREMBLAY died 19 February 1874 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Joseph TREMBLAY

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Joseph TREMBLAY married

Adelaide SIMARD-- Date: 6 November 1827 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Adelaide SIMARD was the child of Jerome SIMARD and Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Adelaide SIMARD:

Zoe TREMBLAY (b.18 January 1829, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph BOLDUC 14 October 1848 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Rebecca TREMBLAY (b.19 April 1830, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. , )

Emilie TREMBLAY (b.7 July 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 20 February 1907, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Alexandre TREMBLAY 16 October 1849 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1803 Birth
14 November 1803
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY and Adelaide SIMARD 6 November 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Zoe TREMBLAY was born 18 January 1829, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 25 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Rebecca TREMBLAY was born 19 April 1830, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 26 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY was born 7 July 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 28 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)

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)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adelaide SIMARD died 6 February 1846, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1848 Marriage of Child
Zoe TREMBLAY married 14 October 1848, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph BOLDUC

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

1849 Marriage of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY married 16 October 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Alexandre TREMBLAY

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.