flag male ancestor  Benjamin  TREMBLAY

  (b. 2 November 1812 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 4 November 1894 Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )  

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Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 2 November 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Benjamin TREMBLAY was the child of Benjamin TREMBLAY   and   Marguerite NAVARRE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre-François TREMBLAY and Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste NAVARRE and Marie-Madeleine THIBAULT (THIBEAULT)

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Benjamin  married  Marie-Angele POTVIN 9 January 1838 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Angele POTVIN  was born 13 February 1816 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Marie-Angele was the child of Michel POTVIN and Madeleine GINGRAS.

Benjamin TREMBLAY died 4 November 1894 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Benjamin TREMBLAY

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Benjamin TREMBLAY married flag female ancestor Marie-Angele POTVIN-- Date: 9 January 1838 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie-Angele POTVIN was the child of Michel POTVIN and Madeleine GINGRAS




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Children of Benjamin TREMBLAY and Marie-Angele POTVIN:

flag female ancestor Adeline TREMBLAY (b.19 February 1844, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )

flag female ancestor Malvina TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 16 March 1891, Drummondville, Québec, Canada )

flag male ancestor Napoleon TREMBLAY (b.16 February 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East   d. 13 August 1926, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

flag male ancestor Edouard-Arthur TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1858, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )



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birth1812 Birth
2 November 1812
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1838 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin TREMBLAY and Marie-Angele POTVIN 9 January 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 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
Adeline TREMBLAY was born 19 February 1844, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Benjamin was 31 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Birth of Child
Napoleon TREMBLAY was born 16 February 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 42 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1891 Death of Child
Malvina TREMBLAY died 16 March 1891, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

Benjamin was 78 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1894 Death
4 November 1894
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 82.
Added: 1/25/2024 11:38:36 AM - Updated: 2/22/2024 3:37:09 PM

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