Madeleine DUCHESNE

(b. 29 September 1813 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 8 September 1875 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine DUCHESNE was born 29 September 1813 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Madeleine DUCHESNE was the child of Joseph DUCHESNE and Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-Augustin DUCHESNE and Francoise FILION (maternal) Louis TREMBLAY and Victoire SAVARD

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

Madeleine married Germain TREMBLAY 17 November 1840 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Germain TREMBLAY was born 23 November 1818 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Germain died 17 March 1904 in St-Tite-des-Caps, Canada. Germain was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marguerite PERRON.

Madeleine DUCHESNE died 8 September 1875 in Saint-Hilarion, 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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Madeleine DUCHESNE married

Germain TREMBLAY-- Date: 17 November 1840 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Germain TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marguerite PERRON

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Children of Germain TREMBLAY and Madeleine DUCHESNE:

Louise-Phedora TREMBLAY (b.29 May 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 10 January 1916, St-Tite-des-Caps, Quebec, Canada)

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.30 March 1842, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 15 September 1842, Les Éboulements, Canada East )

Marie-Berthe-Berthilde TREMBLAY (b.1 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )

Josephte TREMBLAY (b.3 December 1845, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 17 February 1920, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada)

Delphine TREMBLAY (b.6 April 1847, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )

Adelaide TREMBLAY (b.21 August 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.16 October 1849, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 3 December 1865, Les Éboulements, Canada East )

Francois TREMBLAY (b.7 February 1851, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )
m. Louise SIMARD 16 February 1874 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Thomas TREMBLAY (b.18 June 1852, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY (b.10 January 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )

Hermine TREMBLAY (b.27 June 1856, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 25 January 1897, St-Tite-des-Caps, Quebec, Canada)

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1813 Birth
29 September 1813
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)

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DUCHESNE and Germain TREMBLAY 17 November 1840, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 27 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Louise-Phedora TREMBLAY was born 29 May 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 27 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 30 March 1842, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 28 years old.

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-Berthe-Berthilde TREMBLAY was born 1 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 30 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Josephte TREMBLAY was born 3 December 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 32 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Delphine TREMBLAY was born 6 April 1847, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 33 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Adelaide TREMBLAY was born 21 August 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 34 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 16 October 1849, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 36 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Francois TREMBLAY was born 7 February 1851, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 37 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY was born 18 June 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 38 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY was born 10 January 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 40 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Hermine TREMBLAY was born 27 June 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 42 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.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY died 3 December 1865, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 52 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.