Thomas TREMBLAY

(b. 12 May 1823 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 28 October 1892 , Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )

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Thomas TREMBLAY was born 12 May 1823 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Thomas TREMBLAY was the child of Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY and Felicite BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne TREMBLAY and Angelique AUDET dite LAPOINTE (maternal) André BERGERON and Elisabeth SAVARD

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

Thomas married Zoe MICHAUD 12 January 1847 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Zoe MICHAUD was born 8 February 1831 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Zoe died 10 May 1891 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Zoe was the child of Joseph MICHAUD and Marie BOURGOIN.

Thomas TREMBLAY died 28 October 1892 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Thomas TREMBLAY

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Thomas TREMBLAY married

Zoe MICHAUD-- Date: 12 January 1847 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East
Zoe MICHAUD was the child of Joseph MICHAUD and Marie BOURGOIN

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Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Zoe MICHAUD:

Zoe Leda TREMBLAY (b.18 August 1848, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East d. abt. 1925, Cohoes, New York, USA)

Desouade TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Hortense TREMBLAY (b.10 January 1850, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East d. 19 October 1912, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )

Praxede TREMBLAY (b.16 May 1853, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East d. 22 December 1895, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )
m. Adele THERIAULT 23 July 1879
m. Claudia LEBEL 25 February 1895

Ulderic TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1855, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Anna TREMBLAY (b.9 February 1857, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East d. , )

Delima TREMBLAY (b.September 1865, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 January 1941, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )

Marie TREMBLAY (b.30 May 1868, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada d. 28 August 1932, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )

Amelia TREMBLAY (b.23 April 1870, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada d. 22 January 1938, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )

Ernestine TREMBLAY (b.22 February 1872, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada d. 1 June 1904, Matane, Québec, Canada )

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1823 Birth
12 May 1823
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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

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 / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Zoe MICHAUD 12 January 1847, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

He was 23 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Zoe Leda TREMBLAY was born 18 August 1848, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Thomas was 25 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Hortense TREMBLAY was born 10 January 1850, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Thomas was 26 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Praxede TREMBLAY was born 16 May 1853, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Thomas was 30 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Anna TREMBLAY was born 9 February 1857, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Thomas was 33 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Delima TREMBLAY was born September 1865, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Thomas was 42 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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1868 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 30 May 1868, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Thomas was 45 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Amelia TREMBLAY was born 23 April 1870, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Thomas was 46 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Ernestine TREMBLAY was born 22 February 1872, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Thomas was 48 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented