Mathile DION

(b. 2 September 1835 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 16 September 1911 , St-Hubert, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada )

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Mathile DION was born 2 September 1835 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Mathile DION was the child of Francois DION and Mathilde BERUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DION and Francoise LEMIEUX (maternal) Pierre BERUBE and Marthe BOUCHER

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

Mathile married Etienne TREMBLAY 7 March 1859 in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Etienne TREMBLAY was born 7 April 1834 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Etienne died 8 October 1908 in St-Hubert, Riviere-du-Loup, Canada. Etienne was the child of Etienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise DIONNE.

Mathile DION died 16 September 1911 in St-Hubert, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Family and Children of Mathile DION

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Mathile DION married

Etienne TREMBLAY-- Date: 7 March 1859 Place: Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East
Etienne TREMBLAY was the child of Etienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise DIONNE

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Children of Etienne TREMBLAY and Mathile DION:

Napoleon TREMBLAY (b.5 May 1861, St-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada d. 19 February 1949, St-Hubert, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)

Eloise TREMBLAY (b.12 October 1862, St-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada d. 14 December 1922, St-Hubert, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)

Epiphane TREMBLAY (b.27 January 1866, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East d. 9 April 1935, Saindon, Canada)

Etienne TREMBLAY (b.17 July 1867, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East d. 31 October 1925, St-Mathias de Cabano, Canada)

Philomene TREMBLAY (b.19 December 1872, Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada d. 20 January 1948, Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada)

Joseph Edouard TREMBLAY (b.16 May 1875, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada d. , )

Alcide TREMBLAY (b.5 May 1879, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada d. 15 October 1956, St-Hubert, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)

Ernestine TREMBLAY (b.27 November 1880, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada d. 26 January 1966, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)

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1835 Birth
2 September 1835
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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)

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Mathile DION and Etienne TREMBLAY 7 March 1859, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

She was 23 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Napoleon TREMBLAY was born 5 May 1861, St-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Mathile was 25 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Eloise TREMBLAY was born 12 October 1862, St-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Mathile was 27 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Epiphane TREMBLAY was born 27 January 1866, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Mathile was 30 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

1867 Birth of Child
Etienne TREMBLAY was born 17 July 1867, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Mathile was 31 years old.

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

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

1872 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 19 December 1872, Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada

Mathile was 37 years old.

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

1875 Birth of Child
Joseph Edouard TREMBLAY was born 16 May 1875, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Mathile was 39 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)

1879 Birth of Child
Alcide TREMBLAY was born 5 May 1879, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Mathile was 43 years old.

1880 Birth of Child
Ernestine TREMBLAY was born 27 November 1880, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Mathile was 45 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

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)