Agnes GENDRON

(b. 1 April 1826 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. 30 September 1878 , Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada )

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Agnes GENDRON was born 1 April 1826 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Agnes GENDRON was the child of Joseph GENDRON and Marguerite ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis ALLAIRE and Marguerite MERCIER

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

Agnes married Thomas TREMBLAY 20 January 1846 in Saint-Hugues, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thomas TREMBLAY was born 7 July 1827 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Thomas died 30 June 1893 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada. Thomas was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise CHARTIER.

Agnes GENDRON died 30 September 1878 in Saint-Hugues, 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 Agnes GENDRON

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Agnes GENDRON married

Thomas TREMBLAY-- Date: 20 January 1846 Place: Saint-Hugues, Canada East

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Thomas TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise CHARTIER

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Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Agnes GENDRON:

Cedulie TREMBLAY (b.4 April 1853, Saint-Hugues, Canada East d. , )

Albert TREMBLAY (b.14 April 1860, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 March 1917, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA)
m. Adelaide BEAUSEJOUR 14 February 1884 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater)

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1826 Birth
1 April 1826
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Agnes GENDRON and Thomas TREMBLAY 20 January 1846, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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

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

1853 Birth of Child
Cedulie TREMBLAY was born 4 April 1853, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

Agnes was 27 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 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Albert TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1860, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Agnes was 34 years old.

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.