Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY

(b. 14 April 1799 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1876 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1799 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY was the child of Godefroy TREMBLAY and Marie-Felicite LAJOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Louis TREMBLAY and Jeanne-Anne VÉZINA (maternal) François LAJOIE and Brigitte DESBIENS

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

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy married Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ 27 April 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ was born 11 May 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite-Olive died 8 March 1853 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marguerite-Olive was the child of François-Louis GAGNÉ and Marie-Anne LAVOIE.

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY died 16 March 1876 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY married

Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ-- Date: 27 April 1819 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ was the child of François-Louis GAGNÉ and Marie-Anne LAVOIE

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Children of Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY and Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ:

Zenobie TREMBLAY (b.15 April 1820, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 10 June 1888, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Eusebe TREMBLAY 10 January 1843 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Adolphe TREMBLAY (b.6 June 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Agnes TREMBLAY 25 September 1848 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Venerande PERRON 13 April 1863 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Felicite TREMBLAY (b.28 August 1825, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Magloire BOUCHARD 14 October 1845 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Lucine TREMBLAY (b.4 March 1827, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 17 March 1890, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.13 December 1829, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 5 March 1893, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Anastasie GAGNON 4 November 1850 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
m. Meric-Emerique TREMBLAY 28 July 1862 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY (b.28 March 1834, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie LABERGE 7 November 1854 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Caroline TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1839, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1799 Birth
14 April 1799
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie-Godfroy TREMBLAY and Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ 27 April 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 20 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Zenobie TREMBLAY was born 15 April 1820, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy was 21 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Adolphe TREMBLAY was born 6 June 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy was 24 years old.

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

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

1825 Birth of Child
Felicite TREMBLAY was born 28 August 1825, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy was 26 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Lucine TREMBLAY was born 4 March 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy was 27 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 13 December 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy was 30 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY was born 28 March 1834, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie-Godfroy was 34 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)

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Zenobie TREMBLAY married 10 January 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Eusebe TREMBLAY

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Felicite TREMBLAY married 14 October 1845, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Magloire BOUCHARD

1848 Marriage of Child
Adolphe TREMBLAY married 25 September 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Agnes TREMBLAY

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

1850 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 4 November 1850, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Anastasie GAGNON

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

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite-Olive GAGNÉ died 8 March 1853, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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

1854 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY married 7 November 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Marie LABERGE

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 28 July 1862, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Meric-Emerique TREMBLAY

1863 Marriage of Child
Adolphe TREMBLAY married 13 April 1863, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Venerande PERRON

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.