Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER

Born

June 11, 1825 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

May 29, 1890 , Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Age: 75

Parents & Family of Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER.

Parents

Germain PELLETIER Scholastic SAUCIER

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: June 11, 1825 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: Germain PELLETIER

Mother: Scholastic SAUCIER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-François PELLETIER , Madeleine LEBEL

Maternal grandparents: Joseph SAUCIER , Marie-Josephte OUELLET

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

Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) married Hermine CASAULT 12 January 1857 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hermine CASAULT was born 1 September 1828 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Hermine died 14 February 1891 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Hermine was the child of Louis CASAULT and Francoise BLAIS.

Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER died May 29, 1890 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Joseph-Élie appear below.

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

A Glimpse into the Everyday Life of a Québécois Man in the Mid-1800s

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Spouse & Children of Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER

Hide Family & Children

Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER married

Hermine CASAULT
Marriage date: 12 January 1857
Marriage place: St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Hermine CASAULT was the child of Louis CASAULT and Francoise BLAIS

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

Children of Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER and Hermine CASAULT

Elzéar PELLETIER

Born: abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1944,

Married: Marie-Louise-Alice BURROUGHS 30 October 1888 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER.

Hide Life & Records

How to read this timeline
Records about Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Birth — 1825
June 11, 1825
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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)

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

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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER and Hermine CASAULT 12 January 1857, St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

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.