Marguerite PELOQUIN

Born

7 August 1776 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

7 October 1856 , Saint-Jude, Canada East

Parents & Family of Marguerite PELOQUIN

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Born: 7 August 1776 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Marguerite PELOQUIN

Father

Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX

Mother

Marguerite ÉTHIER

Grandparents of Marguerite PELOQUIN

Paternal grandparents

François PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX Marie-Anne LAVALLÉE

Maternal grandparents

Louis ÉTHIER Geneviève ST-MARTIN

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

Marguerite married Augustin BLANCHET 25 February 1805 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin BLANCHET was born 2 November 1776 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada . Augustin died 1 July 1829 in Saint-Jude, Lower Canada. Augustin was the child of André BLANCHET and Marie-Françoise BUTEAU (BULTEAU).

Marguerite PELOQUIN died 7 October 1856 in Saint-Jude, Canada East.

m. Blanchet Augustin

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite PELOQUIN

Marguerite PELOQUIN married

Augustin BLANCHET
Marriage date: 25 February 1805
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Augustin BLANCHET was the child of André BLANCHET and Marie-Françoise BUTEAU (BULTEAU)

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Augustin BLANCHET and Marguerite PELOQUIN

Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

Born: 6 May 1820, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: 28 October 1909, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Married: Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 14 January 1840 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1776
7 August 1776
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1805 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PELOQUIN and Augustin BLANCHET 25 February 1805, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 28 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) was born 6 May 1820, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marguerite was 43 years old.

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

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin BLANCHET died 1 July 1829, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) married 14 January 1840, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada to Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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

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

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

Death — 1856
7 October 1856
Saint-Jude, Canada East
She died at the age of 80.

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