Cecile RIVARD

(b. 16 September 1807 , Detroit, Michigan Territory d. 27 July 1887 , Assumption, Greinerville, Wayne, Michiga, USA )

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Cecile RIVARD was born 16 September 1807 in Detroit, Michigan Territory

Cecile RIVARD was the child of Michel RIVARD and Agnes SAUCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste RIVARD and Mary Catherine YAX (maternal) Joseph Marie SAUCIER and Marie Genevieve TREMBLAY

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

Cecile married Eustache TROMBLY 1 March 1835 in Detroit, Michigan Territory . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Eustache TROMBLY was born 31 December 1801 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Eustache died 14 May 1877 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA. Eustache was the child of Joseph Louis TREMBLAY and Cecile MARSAC.

Cecile RIVARD died 27 July 1887 in Assumption, Greinerville, Wayne, Michiga, USA.
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Cecile RIVARD married

Eustache TROMBLY-- Date: 1 March 1835 Place: Detroit, Michigan Territory
Eustache TROMBLY was the child of Joseph Louis TREMBLAY and Cecile MARSAC

Children of Eustache TROMBLY and Cecile RIVARD:

Agnes May TROMBLEY (b.9 November 1835, Detroit, Michigan Territory d. 27 June 1917, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
m. Vincent De Paul TROMBLEY (TREMBLEY) 2 August 1859 in , Michigan, USA

Eustache TREMBLAY (b.23 May 1837, Detroit, Michigan, USA d. 27 September 1838, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

John January TROMBLEY (b.25 February 1839, Detroit, Michigan, USA d. 11 April 1905, Gratiot, Wayne, Michigan, USA)

David TROMBLY (b.13 October 1841, Detroit, Michigan, USA d. 9 March 1919, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Daniel TROMBLEY (b.2 November 1841, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA d. 13 August 1923, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Mary Esther TREMBLAY (b.17 November 1844, Detroit, Michigan, USA d. 14 May 1912, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Susanne Elisabeth TREMBLAY (b.8 August 1847, Detroit, Michigan, USA d. , )

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1807 Birth
16 September 1807
Detroit, Michigan Territory

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1835 Marriage / Partner
Cecile RIVARD and Eustache TROMBLY 1 March 1835, Detroit, Michigan, USA

She was 27 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Agnes May TROMBLEY was born 9 November 1835, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cecile was 28 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1837 Birth of Child
Eustache TREMBLAY was born 23 May 1837, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cecile was 29 years old.

1838 Death of Child
Eustache TREMBLAY died 27 September 1838, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cecile was 31 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
John January TROMBLEY was born 25 February 1839, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cecile was 31 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1841 Birth of Child
David TROMBLY was born 13 October 1841, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cecile was 34 years old.

1841 Birth of Child
Daniel TROMBLEY was born 2 November 1841, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

Cecile was 34 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Mary Esther TREMBLAY was born 17 November 1844, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cecile was 37 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1847 Birth of Child
Susanne Elisabeth TREMBLAY was born 8 August 1847, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cecile was 39 years old.

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Agnes May TROMBLEY married 2 August 1859, , Michigan, USA to Vincent De Paul TROMBLEY (TREMBLEY)

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

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

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

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eustache TROMBLY died 14 May 1877, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

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

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

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

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

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

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Death
27 July 1887
Assumption, Greinerville, Wayne, Michiga, USA

She died at the age of 79.

Added: 2/5/2025 6:02:58 PM - Updated: 2/5/2025 6:09:57 PM

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The name Michigan is based on a native American (Chippewa) word; 'meicigama' (meaning 'great water,' a word referring to Lake Superior). (statesymbolsusa.org)

January 26, 1837 - Michigan becomes 26th U.S. state