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flag female ancestor  Edwidge  DUFAULT

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7 October 1836 Sorel, Lower Canada

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Born: 7 October 1836 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine DUFAULT
Mother: Marie RAJOTTE
Paternal grandparents: Pierre DUFAULT , Elisabeth ST-MARTIN
Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Louis RAJOTTE , Catherine ALLARD


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Edwidge  married  Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX 4 February 1856 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX  was born 21 December 1833 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Pierre died 25 April 1912 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.  Pierre was the child of André PÉLOQUIN and Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA.

Edwidge DUFAULT died 2 February 1905 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Spouse & Children of Edwidge DUFAULT

Edwidge DUFAULT married flag male ancestor Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX
Marriage date: 4 February 1856
Marriage place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX was the child of André PÉLOQUIN and Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA



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BirthBirth — 1836
7 October 1836
Sorel, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
marriage1856 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge DUFAULT and Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX 4 February 1856, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1860 Birth of Child
Edwidge PELOQUIN was born 29 January 1860, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edwidge was 23 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1877 Marriage of Child
Edwidge PELOQUIN married 6 February 1877, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Simon ST-MARTIN
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
DeathDeath — 1905
2 February 1905
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 68.
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