Draft:Pierre Tremblay
{{Short description|French Settler}}
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| caption = Monument of the act of concession to Pierre Tremblay in Quebec
| birth_name = Pierre Tremblé
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| death_place = Quebec, Canada
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| spouse = Ozanne Achon
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Pierre Tremblay (1626 – 1687 or 1689) was a French-Canadian settler.
Early life
French Canada
File:Mariage_de_Pierre_Tremblay_et_d_Ozanne_Achon_le_2_octobre_1657_a_Quebec.jpg
Tremblay emigrated to New France in 1647. He married Ozanne Achon on October 2, 1657, at the parish church of Notre Dame in Quebec. They lived in L'Ange-Gardien.{{cite web |last1=Kujawski |first1=Kim |title=Pierre Tremblay and Ozanne "Anne" Achon |url=https://www.tfcg.ca/pierre-tremblay-and-anne-achon |website=The French-Canadian Genealogist |access-date=21 January 2025 |language=en-CA}} They had at least twelve children, four of whom were sons Pierre, Michel, Jacques, and Louis, from whom all modern Tremblays and Trombleys in the New World descend.
Death and legacy
Tremblay died sometime between 1687 and 1689.
As of 2006, Tremblay was the most common surname in Quebec, Canada, accounting for 1.076% of the province's population.{{cite web |title=The first 1,000 family names by rank, Québec (in French only) |url=https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/produit/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec |website=Institut de la statistique du Québec |access-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422023109/https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/produit/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec |archive-date=22 April 2024}}
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