Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX

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4 January 1791 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

13 February 1868 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Born: 4 January 1791 in Sorel, Lower Canada

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Antoine married Catherine AUSSANT 30 January 1815 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine AUSSANT was born 12 August 1795 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine died 27 January 1868 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine was the child of Charles-François OSSANT (AUSSAN) and Catherine LETENDRE.

Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX died 13 February 1868 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Catherine AUSSANT
Marriage date: 30 January 1815
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Catherine AUSSANT was the child of Charles-François OSSANT (AUSSAN) and Catherine LETENDRE

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Catherine PELOQUIN

Born: 25 December 1820, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 24 October 1899, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Noel MILLETTE 7 January 1845 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1791
4 January 1791
Sorel, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Catherine AUSSANT 30 January 1815, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 24 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Catherine PELOQUIN was born 25 December 1820, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Antoine was 29 years old.

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 - 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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Catherine PELOQUIN married 7 January 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Noel MILLETTE

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 - 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.