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The association, based at Loretteville (Quebec), was founded on 10
April 1978. Tremblay is today the biggest French-speaking lineage in
Northern America. The single root of the lineage is Pierre Tremblay,
born around 1626 in Randonnai, a village (today's population, 817
habitants) located in the region of Perche in Lower Normandy, France.
On 9 April 1647, Pierre Tremblay signed a 36-month contract with the
recruiting agent Noël Juchereau, and worked probably in Quebec. He
later moved to Beaupré, where he married Ozanne Achon on 2 October
1657. They had 12 children, of which 10 became adults. Their six
daughters are the roots of the famous Roussin, Gagné, Savard, Perron,
Peymart dit Laforêt and Pelletier lineages. The four sons Pierre,
Michel, Louis and Jacques founded the four branches of the Tremblay
lineage. Ozanne Tremblay died on 24 December 1707, aged 75, but the
death certificate of Pierre Tremblay has been lost. It is believed that
he died between April 1687 and November 1689.
Source:
Association's website
The flag of the association is vertically divided, on the left part white with the coat of arms of the association, on the right part white with six red diagonal stripes.
The left part of the flag is incorrect, since there should be the words Association - des - Tremblay - d'Amérique surrounding the upper part of the shield.
The arms of the association are: "D'azur semé d'étoiles d'argent posées en cinq, deux, quatre, deux; en abîme, deux anneaux d'or entrelacés. Au chef, parties des armes du Perche et de l'Aunis, qui sont d'argent aux trois chevrons de gueules et au faucon d'or surmonté d'une couronne de vidame du même" Azure 13 mullets argent 5 + 2 + 4 + 2 surrounding two annulets or entwined the chief party Perche and Aunis, that is argent three chevrons gules gules a falcon or crowned of the same.
This description calls a few remarks:
The motto placed on a yellow scroll below the arms reads:
"Tremble et va sans biais"
"Tremble" is the imperative voice of the verb "trembler", to tremble. It has to be understood with - unusual in modern French - positive connotations, as "perceive in yourself all the urges and emanations of the surrounding world". There is a direct relationship with the aspen, called in French "tremble", because the least wind breeze makes its leaves tremble.
"Va" is the imperative mood of the verb "to go" and means "move to your destiny".
"Sans biais" means unbiased, that is without prevarication, cheating and rambling.
The motto can equally be read "Tremblay va sans biais", that is
Tremblay lives without prevarication, cheating and rambling.
Source:
Tremblay website
Ivan Sache, 7 January 2007