Jean Francis Tremblay

Brief Life History of Jean Francis

When Jean Francis Tremblay was born on 19 December 1877, in Les Éboulements, Charlevoix-Ouest, Quebec, Canada, his father, Francois Xavier Tremblay, was 35 and his mother, Marie Malvina Savard, was 26. He married Melina H Fecteau on 25 June 1906, in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1919 and lived in Saint-Hilarion, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada in 1881 and Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1959, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jean Francis Tremblay
1877–1959
Melina H Fecteau
1883–1945
Marriage: 25 June 1906
Marjorie Cecile Tremblay
1908–1997
John Albert Tremblay
1910–1953
Joseph Tremblay
1912–1912
Tremblay
1921–1921

Sources (24)

  • Jean Tremblay in household of Xavier Tremblay, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Jean Tremblay, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Jean Francis Tremblay, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Marcel, Normand, Fernand, Jacques, Pierre, Gilles, Andre, Herve, Lucien, Michel, Cecile.

French: topographic name for someone who lived near a group of aspen trees, from a collective form of Old French tremble ‘aspen’ (see Tremble ), or a habitational name from (Le) Tremblay, the name of several places in the northern part of France. Compare Trembley , Trembly , Tromblee , Trombley , Trombly , and Trumbly .

History: Pierre Tremblay from Randonnai in Orne, France, married Ozanne Achon in Quebec City, QC, in 1657.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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