Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY

(b. abt. 1810 , Michigan Territory d. 1 September 1884 , Detroit, Michigan, USA )

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Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY was born abt. 1810 in Michigan Territory

Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY was the child of Pierre René TREMBLAY and Cécile BLAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie Judith LAFOREST

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Jean Baptiste married Scholastica LAFORGE 1 October 1832 in Detroit, Michigan Territory . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Scholastica LAFORGE was born 2 August 1818 in L'Anse Creuse, Macomb, Michigan, USA. Scholastica died 7 August 1857 in Anchorville, St Clair, Michigan, USA. Scholastica was the child of Louis PRADET dit LAFORGE (BRADETTE) and Therese TREMBLAY.

Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY died 1 September 1884 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Family and Children of Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY

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Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY married

Scholastica LAFORGE-- Date: 1 October 1832 Place: Detroit, Michigan Territory
Scholastica LAFORGE was the child of Louis PRADET dit LAFORGE (BRADETTE) and Therese TREMBLAY

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Children of Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY and Scholastica LAFORGE:

Clara TREMBLAY (b.6 March 1834, Clinton River, Macomb County, Michigan Territory d. , )

John TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1836, Clinton River, Macomb County, Michigan Territory d. , )

Francis TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1838, Clinton River, Macomb County, Michigan, USA d. , )

Mary TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1845, Clinton River, Macomb County, Michigan, USA d. , )

Rene TREMBLAY (b.2 April 1848, Clinton River, Macomb County, Michigan, USA d. , )

Scholastica TREMBLAY (b.17 November 1852, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan, USA d. , )

Louis TREMBLAY (b.5 February 1855, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan, USA d. , )

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The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

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

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

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

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1832 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY and Scholastica LAFORGE 1 October 1832, Detroit, Michigan, USA

1834 Birth of Child
Clara TREMBLAY was born 6 March 1834, Clinton River, Macomb County, Michigan, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1848 Birth of Child
Rene TREMBLAY was born 2 April 1848, Clinton River, Macomb County, Michigan, USA

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Birth of Child
Scholastica TREMBLAY was born 17 November 1852, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan, USA

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 5 February 1855, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan, USA

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

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Scholastica LAFORGE died 7 August 1857, Anchorville, St Clair, Michigan, USA

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

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 Death
1 September 1884
Detroit, Michigan, USA

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The name Michigan is based on a native American (Chippewa) word; 'meicigama' (meaning 'great water,' a word referring to Lake Superior). (statesymbolsusa.org)

January 26, 1837 - Michigan becomes 26th U.S. state