Josephine FORTIN

(b. 26 September 1818 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 2 February 1881 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )

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Josephine FORTIN was born 26 September 1818 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Josephine FORTIN was the child of Vital FORTIN and Antoinette GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FORTIN and Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY (maternal) Augustin GAGNON and Therese TREMBLAY

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

Josephine married Marcel TREMBLAY 8 November 1836 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marcel TREMBLAY was born 2 September 1810 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marcel was the child of Marcel TREMBLAY and Julienne GAUTHIER.

Josephine FORTIN died 2 February 1881 in Saint-Fulgence, 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 Josephine FORTIN

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Josephine FORTIN married

Marcel TREMBLAY-- Date: 8 November 1836 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Marcel TREMBLAY was the child of Marcel TREMBLAY and Julienne GAUTHIER

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Children of Marcel TREMBLAY and Josephine FORTIN:

Rose-Delima TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1838, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Emilie TREMBLAY (b.8 September 1839, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 27 October 1927, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )
m. François TREMBLAY 21 July 1856 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Achille TREMBLAY (b.6 June 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )
m. Clara BOUCHARD 2 August 1866 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Vital TREMBLAY (b.22 June 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 3 February 1928, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Georgina BOUCHARD 24 January 1870 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Josephine TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Magloire TREMBLAY (b.24 January 1854, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )

Evague TREMBLAY (b.25 June 1854, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 June 1927, , Canada)

Joseph-Hector TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1859, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 June 1936, )
m. Marie-Elmire HARVEY 4 July 1881 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

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1818 Birth
26 September 1818
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Josephine FORTIN and Marcel TREMBLAY 8 November 1836, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 18 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY was born 8 September 1839, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Josephine was 20 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Achille TREMBLAY was born 6 June 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Josephine was 22 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
Vital TREMBLAY was born 22 June 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Josephine was 24 years old.

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)

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

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

1854 Birth of Child
Magloire TREMBLAY was born 24 January 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Josephine was 35 years old.

1854 Birth of Child
Evague TREMBLAY was born 25 June 1854, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Josephine was 35 years old.

1856 Marriage of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY married 21 July 1856, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to François TREMBLAY

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Achille TREMBLAY married 2 August 1866, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Clara BOUCHARD

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.