Michel PELOQUIN

Born

14 May 1835 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

2 July 1894 , Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Paul-Hyppolite PELOQUIN Marguerite HUS-LATRAVERSE

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Born: 14 May 1835 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Paul-Hyppolite PELOQUIN

Mother: Marguerite HUS-LATRAVERSE

Paternal grandparents: Michel PELOQUIN , Catherine HUS PAUL

Maternal grandparents: Pierre HUS-LATRAVERSE , Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

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Michel married Edwige BIBEAU 9 February 1858 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edwige BIBEAU was born 15 September 1836 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Edwige died 3 July 1873 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Edwige was the child of Benoni BIBEAU and Theotiste HUS PAUL.

Michel PELOQUIN died 2 July 1894 in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Michel PELOQUIN married

Edwige BIBEAU
Marriage date: 9 February 1858
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Edwige BIBEAU was the child of Benoni BIBEAU and Theotiste HUS PAUL

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Children of Michel PELOQUIN and Edwige BIBEAU

Adolphe PELOQUIN

Born: 24 November 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1945, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Cordelia SALVAIL 15 August 1893 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1835
14 May 1835
Sorel, Lower Canada

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.

1858 Marriage / Partner
Michel PELOQUIN and Edwige BIBEAU 9 February 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 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.