Bruno PELOQUIN

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31 May 1829 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

16 February 1923 , Coaticook, Québec, Canada

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Charles PELOQUIN Dorothee LETENDRE

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Born: 31 May 1829 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Charles PELOQUIN

Mother: Dorothee LETENDRE

Paternal grandparents: Emmanuel PELOQUIN FÉLIX , Marguerite RAJOTTE (RAGEOT)

Maternal grandparents: Ignace LETENDRE , Marguerite DUTEAU dite VILANDRE

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Bruno married Luce PELOQUIN 3 February 1852 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Luce PELOQUIN was born 29 March 1835 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Luce died 1 December 1917 in Coaticook, Québec, Canada. Luce was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN.

Bruno PELOQUIN died 16 February 1923 in Coaticook, Québec, Canada.
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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.

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Bruno PELOQUIN married

Luce PELOQUIN
Marriage date: 3 February 1852
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Luce PELOQUIN was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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Children of Bruno PELOQUIN and Luce PELOQUIN

Marie PELOQUIN

Born: 17 January 1853, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 3 December 1902, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada

Charles PELOQUIN

Born: 17 September 1855, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 24 May 1944, Ste-Hermenegilde, Canada

Bruno PELOQUIN

Born: 6 February 1864, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Napoleon PELOQUIN

Born: 19 February 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 13 June 1954, Ste-Edwidge, Compton, Canada

Married: Marie-Rose-Delima SIMARD 1893 Place: Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA (Podunk)

Joseph PELOQUIN

Born: 21 January 1873, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 10 November 1939, Coaticook, Québec, Canada

Olivier PELOQUIN

Born: 4 February 1875, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1829
31 May 1829
Sorel, Lower 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

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.

1852 Marriage / Partner
Bruno PELOQUIN and Luce PELOQUIN 3 February 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

1853 Birth of Child
Marie PELOQUIN was born 17 January 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno was 23 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Charles PELOQUIN was born 17 September 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno was 26 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 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Bruno PELOQUIN was born 6 February 1864, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno was 34 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Birth of Child
Napoleon PELOQUIN was born 19 February 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno was 41 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Joseph PELOQUIN was born 21 January 1873, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno was 43 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Birth of Child
Olivier PELOQUIN was born 4 February 1875, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Bruno was 45 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1902 Death of Child
Marie PELOQUIN died 3 December 1902, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Bruno was 73 years old.

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1917 Death of Spouse/Partner
Luce PELOQUIN died 1 December 1917, Coaticook, Québec, Canada

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death — 1923
16 February 1923
Coaticook, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 93.

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