Catherine PELOQUIN

Born

14 October 1839 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

2 April 1899 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

Catherine married Pierre SALVAIL 15 February 1858 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre SALVAIL was born 4 May 1838 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL and Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE .

Parents & Family of Catherine PELOQUIN

Parents of Catherine PELOQUIN

Father

Theophile PELOQUIN

Mother

Sophie PELOQUIN

Grandparents of Catherine PELOQUIN

Paternal grandparents

Michel PELOQUIN Catherine HUS PAUL

Maternal grandparents

Etienne PELOQUIN Catherine HUS MILLET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine PELOQUIN

Catherine PELOQUIN married

Pierre SALVAIL
Marriage date: 15 February 1858
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Pierre SALVAIL was the child of Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL and Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE

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

Children of Pierre SALVAIL and Catherine PELOQUIN

Pierre SALVAIL

Born: 17 March 1859, Sorel, Canada East
Died: abt. 1926, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Adeline PELOQUIN 18 January 1883 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Cordelia SALVAIL

Born: 26 April 1875, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1954, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Adolphe PELOQUIN 15 August 1893 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-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 — 1839
14 October 1839
Sorel, Lower Canada

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.

1858 Marriage / Partner
Catherine PELOQUIN and Pierre SALVAIL 15 February 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 18 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Pierre SALVAIL was born 17 March 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 19 years old.

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.