Edwige BIBEAU

(b. 15 September 1836 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 3 July 1873 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Edwige BIBEAU was born 15 September 1836 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Edwige BIBEAU was the child of Benoni BIBEAU and Theotiste HUS PAUL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BIBEAU and Marguerite DUTEAU dite VILANDRE (maternal) Joseph HUS PAUL LATRAVERSE and Pélagie LAVALLÉE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Edwige married Michel PELOQUIN 9 February 1858 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel PELOQUIN was born 14 May 1835 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Michel died 2 July 1894 in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Michel was the child of Paul-Hyppolite PELOQUIN and Marguerite HUS-LATRAVERSE.

Edwige BIBEAU died 3 July 1873 in Sorel, 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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Edwige BIBEAU married

Michel PELOQUIN-- Date: 9 February 1858 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Michel PELOQUIN was the child of Paul-Hyppolite PELOQUIN and Marguerite HUS-LATRAVERSE

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Children of Michel PELOQUIN and Edwige BIBEAU:

Adolphe PELOQUIN (b.24 November 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. abt. 1945, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Cordelia SALVAIL 15 August 1893 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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1836 Birth
15 September 1836
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

She was 21 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.