Louis TREMBLAY

(b. 6 September 1816 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 6 March 1879 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada )

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Louis TREMBLAY was born 6 September 1816 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Louis TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Modeste DUCHESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Urbain TREMBLAY and Dorothee GONTHIER (maternal) Pierre-Jacques DUCHESNE and Felicite IMBEAULT dite LAGRANGE

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

Louis married Marie-Olive CHOUINARD 27 April 1841 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Marie-Olive CHOUINARD was born 17 December 1821 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Olive died 16 August 1886 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Olive was the child of Germain CHOUINARD and Charlotte DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE.

Louis TREMBLAY died 6 March 1879 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada.
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Occupation

Louis TREMBLAY was a Journalier.
The journalier, or day labourer, was a worker employed by the day, typically in the agricultural sector. He usually only worked during the summer months, for low wages, which meant that day labourers were among the poorest of the inhabitants of New France.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Louis TREMBLAY

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Louis TREMBLAY married

Marie-Olive CHOUINARD-- Date: 27 April 1841 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

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Marie-Olive CHOUINARD was the child of Germain CHOUINARD and Charlotte DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

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Children of Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Olive CHOUINARD:

Marie-Philomene TREMBLAY (b.3 November 1843, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Azelle TREMBLAY (b.4 January 1845, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Alphonsine TREMBLAY (b.16 September 1846, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 21 August 1899, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada)

Marie-Leopolde TREMBLAY (b.19 August 1848, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 14 July 1915, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada)

Marie-Clothilde TREMBLAY (b.22 March 1850, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 29 August 1851, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)

Marie-Obeline TREMBLAY (b.10 August 1851, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 7 September 1851, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)

Louis TREMBLAY (b.24 August 1852, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 13 September 1852, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)

Telesphore TREMBLAY (b.17 November 1853, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. , )

Clementine TREMBLAY (b.9 June 1856, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 15 January 1857, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)

Marie TREMBLAY (b.4 October 1857, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Esther TREMBLAY (b.7 July 1859, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 16 August 1859, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)

Marie-Olive TREMBLAY (b.14 September 1860, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 15 October 1866, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)

Marie-Josephine TREMBLAY (b.10 October 1862, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. , )

Marie Louise TREMBLAY (b.7 September 1864, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 18 January 1937, , Connecticut, USA)

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1816 Birth
6 September 1816
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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Olive CHOUINARD 27 April 1841, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene TREMBLAY was born 3 November 1843, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie-Azelle TREMBLAY was born 4 January 1845, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 28 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Marie-Alphonsine TREMBLAY was born 16 September 1846, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 30 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marie-Leopolde TREMBLAY was born 19 August 1848, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 31 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Marie-Clothilde TREMBLAY was born 22 March 1850, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 33 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Marie-Obeline TREMBLAY was born 10 August 1851, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 34 years old.

1851 Death of Child
Marie-Clothilde TREMBLAY died 29 August 1851, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 35 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 24 August 1852, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 35 years old.

1853 Birth of Child
Telesphore TREMBLAY was born 17 November 1853, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 37 years old.

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

1856 Birth of Child
Clementine TREMBLAY was born 9 June 1856, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 39 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 Death of Child
Clementine TREMBLAY died 15 January 1857, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 40 years old.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 4 October 1857, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 41 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Marie-Esther TREMBLAY was born 7 July 1859, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 42 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Marie-Olive TREMBLAY was born 14 September 1860, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 44 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephine TREMBLAY was born 10 October 1862, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 46 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Marie Louise TREMBLAY was born 7 September 1864, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 48 years old.

1866 Death of Child
Marie-Olive TREMBLAY died 15 October 1866, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis was 50 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.