Esther CAPLET (CAPLETTE)

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31 March 1821 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

30 August 1892 , Danville, Canada

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Louis CAPLET Marie-Appoline-Pauline HUS MILLET

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Born: 31 March 1821 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Louis CAPLET

Mother: Marie-Appoline-Pauline HUS MILLET

Paternal grandparents: Louis CAPLET , Josephte LAGUERCE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste HUS MILET (MILLET) , Marie-Madeleine GIGUERE

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Esther married Georges Felix PELOQUIN 21 November 1837 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Georges Felix PELOQUIN was born 24 April 1815 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Georges Felix died 23 October 1891 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Georges Felix was the child of Michel PELOQUIN and Angele RENOUARD (RENOUER) (RENOIS).

Esther CAPLET (CAPLETTE) died 30 August 1892 in Danville, Canada.
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Spouse & Children of Esther CAPLET (CAPLETTE)

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Esther CAPLET (CAPLETTE) married

Georges Felix PELOQUIN
Marriage date: 21 November 1837
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Georges Felix PELOQUIN was the child of Michel PELOQUIN and Angele RENOUARD (RENOUER) (RENOIS)

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Children of Georges Felix PELOQUIN and Esther CAPLET (CAPLETTE)

Esther PELOQUIN

Born: 21 July 1839, Saint-Aimé, Lower Canada
Died: 9 July 1870, Tingwick, Québec, Canada

Victoire PELOQUIN

Born: 20 July 1850, Saint-Aimé, Canada East
Died: abt. 1926, Dracut, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1821
31 March 1821
Sorel, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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 Marriage / Partner
Esther CAPLET (CAPLETTE) and Georges Felix PELOQUIN 21 November 1837, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 16 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Esther PELOQUIN was born 21 July 1839, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Esther was 18 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Victoire PELOQUIN was born 20 July 1850, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Esther was 29 years old.

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 - 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.