Thomas TREMBLAY

(b. 9 March 1829 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 3 November 1883 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Thomas TREMBLAY was born 9 March 1829 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Thomas 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)

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

Thomas married Adele-Adeline FORTIN 9 January 1849 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Adele-Adeline FORTIN was born abt. 1829 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Adele-Adeline died 24 May 1902 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Adele-Adeline was the child of René FORTIN and Marie TREMBLAY.

Thomas TREMBLAY died 3 November 1883 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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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 Thomas TREMBLAY

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Thomas TREMBLAY married

Adele-Adeline FORTIN-- Date: 9 January 1849 Place: La Baie, Canada East

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Adele-Adeline FORTIN was the child of René FORTIN and Marie TREMBLAY

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Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Adele-Adeline FORTIN:

Elmire TREMBLAY (b.15 December 1849, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 February 1919, Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

Demerise TREMBLAY (b.2 February 1852, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 3 August 1926, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

Neree TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1858, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Emerentienne TREMBLAY (b.15 March 1858, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )
m. Maximin BOUDREAU 25 January 1880 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Abel TREMBLAY (b.9 May 1860, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 19 August 1923, St-Gédéon, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada)

Claire TREMBLAY (b.31 July 1862, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 29 May 1929, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada )
m. Charles SIMARD 13 February 1882 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)
m. Philippe SIMARD 12 October 1914 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Laure TREMBLAY (b.January 1866, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.9 July 1867, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 25 April 1901, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Alexina TREMBLAY 10 February 1890 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1829 Birth
9 March 1829
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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

1849 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Adele-Adeline FORTIN 9 January 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

He was 19 years old.

1849 Birth of Child
Elmire TREMBLAY was born 15 December 1849, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Thomas was 20 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Demerise TREMBLAY was born 2 February 1852, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Thomas was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Emerentienne TREMBLAY was born 15 March 1858, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Thomas was 29 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Abel TREMBLAY was born 9 May 1860, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Thomas was 31 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Claire TREMBLAY was born 31 July 1862, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Thomas was 33 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Laure TREMBLAY was born January 1866, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Thomas was 36 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.