Marie TREMBLAY

(b. 16 March 1809 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 7 October 1887 , Roberval, Québec, Canada )

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Marie TREMBLAY was born 16 March 1809 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Marie TREMBLAY was the child of Julien TREMBLAY and Genevieve GONTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE (maternal) Jean-Marc GONTHIER and Genevieve COULOMBE

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

Marie married Jean DESBIENS 24 October 1826 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean DESBIENS was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean died 7 March 1884 in Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean). Jean was the child of Louis DESBIENS and Marie GAGNON.

Marie TREMBLAY died 7 October 1887 in Roberval, Québec, Canada .
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Marie TREMBLAY married

Jean DESBIENS-- Date: 24 October 1826 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Jean DESBIENS was the child of Louis DESBIENS and Marie GAGNON

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Children of Jean DESBIENS and Marie TREMBLAY:

Elisabeth DESBIENS (b.5 March 1829, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 4 September 1907, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Narcisse TREMBLAY 27 July 1847 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1809 Birth
16 March 1809
Les Éboulements, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Marie TREMBLAY and Jean DESBIENS 24 October 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 17 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Birth of Child
Elisabeth DESBIENS was born 5 March 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie was 19 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth DESBIENS married 27 July 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Narcisse TREMBLAY

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

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.