Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY

(b. 3 June 1839 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 11 August 1910 , Laterrière, Québec, Canada )

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Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY was born 3 June 1839 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY was the child of Leon-Paul TREMBLAY and Marie-Olive GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois TREMBLAY and Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Olive TREMBLAY

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

Francois-Guillaume married Marie ST-GELAIS 16 February 1863 in Laterrière, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie ST-GELAIS was born 3 April 1843 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie died 6 April 1933 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Sauveur ST-GELAIS and Judith POTVIN.

Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY died 11 August 1910 in Laterrière, 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
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Family and Children of Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY

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Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY married

Marie ST-GELAIS-- Date: 16 February 1863 Place: Laterrière, Canada East
Marie ST-GELAIS was the child of Sauveur ST-GELAIS and Judith POTVIN

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Children of Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY and Marie ST-GELAIS:

Honore TREMBLAY (b.7 November 1863, Laterrière, Canada East d. 22 August 1941, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

Leonide TREMBLAY (b.19 July 1871, Laterrière, Québec, Canada d. 19 November 1942, Alma, Québec, Canada )

Emma TREMBLAY (b.7 November 1874, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada d. 1 September 1946, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Francois TREMBLAY 18 August 1896 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Marie-Elise TREMBLAY (b.21 July 1881, Laterrière, Québec, Canada d. 7 January 1970, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

Thomas-Louis TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1886, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1839 Birth
3 June 1839
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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

1863 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY and Marie ST-GELAIS 16 February 1863, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Honore TREMBLAY was born 7 November 1863, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Francois-Guillaume was 24 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.

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.

1871 Birth of Child
Leonide TREMBLAY was born 19 July 1871, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Francois-Guillaume was 32 years old.

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

1874 Birth of Child
Emma TREMBLAY was born 7 November 1874, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Francois-Guillaume was 35 years old.

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)

1881 Birth of Child
Marie-Elise TREMBLAY was born 21 July 1881, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Francois-Guillaume was 42 years old.

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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 Marriage of Child
Emma TREMBLAY married 18 August 1896, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Francois TREMBLAY

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)