Sophie PELOQUIN

Born

29 April 1818 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

14 June 1888 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie married Theophile PELOQUIN 9 February 1836 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Theophile PELOQUIN was born 14 June 1815 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Theophile died 4 July 1898 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Theophile was the child of Michel PELOQUIN and Catherine HUS PAUL .

Parents & Family of Sophie PELOQUIN

Parents of Sophie PELOQUIN

Father

Etienne PELOQUIN

Mother

Catherine HUS MILLET

Grandparents of Sophie PELOQUIN

Paternal grandparents

Emmanuel PELOQUIN FÉLIX Marguerite RAJOTTE (RAGEOT)

Maternal grandparents

Ignace HUS MILET (MILLET) Madeleine-Catherine HÉNAULT (ÉNAUD)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sophie PELOQUIN

Sophie PELOQUIN married

Theophile PELOQUIN
Marriage date: 9 February 1836
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Theophile PELOQUIN was the child of Michel PELOQUIN and Catherine HUS PAUL

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

Children of Theophile PELOQUIN and Sophie PELOQUIN

Catherine PELOQUIN

Born: 14 October 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 2 April 1899, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre SALVAIL 15 February 1858 Place: Sorel, Canada East

Pierre PELOQUIN

Born: 4 June 1842, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 23 March 1926, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Emerence (Merance) POTVIN 19 April 1869 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Theotime PELOQUIN

Born: 5 August 1854, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Theotiste VANDAL 9 September 1873 Place: Sorel, Québec, 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 — 1818
29 April 1818
Sorel, Lower Canada

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Marriage / Partner
Sophie PELOQUIN and Theophile PELOQUIN 9 February 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 17 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Catherine PELOQUIN was born 14 October 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 21 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN was born 4 June 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 24 years old.

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.

1854 Birth of Child
Theotime PELOQUIN was born 5 August 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 36 years old.

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

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Catherine PELOQUIN married 15 February 1858, Sorel, Canada East to Pierre SALVAIL

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.