Paul PELOQUIN

(b. 8 September 1832 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 31 May 1921 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Paul PELOQUIN was born 8 September 1832 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Paul PELOQUIN was the child of Olivier PELOQUIN and Esther COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT (maternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL

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

Paul married Marie PELOQUIN 26 June 1855 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Marie PELOQUIN was born 26 October 1835 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie died 14 April 1880 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Theotiste PELOQUIN.

Paul PELOQUIN died 31 May 1921 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Paul PELOQUIN

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Paul PELOQUIN married

Marie PELOQUIN-- Date: 26 June 1855 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
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Marie PELOQUIN was the child of Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Theotiste PELOQUIN

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Children of Paul PELOQUIN and Marie PELOQUIN:

Marie-Elxirmi PELOQUIN (b.19 June 1856, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 8 January 1916, )

Marie-Rose-Delima PELOQUIN (b.6 February 1858, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 18 April 1894, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Paul ÉTHIER 15 August 1876 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Napoleon PELOQUIN (b.4 April 1862, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Noel-Joseph PELOQUIN (b.25 January 1864, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 December 1949, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Amanda MEYETTE (MILLETTE) 16 January 1888 in Grafton, Massachusetts, USA (Saundersville) (Fisherville)

Adolphus-Joseph PELOQUIN (b.10 December 1865, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Agnes-Marie-Louise PELOQUIN (b.23 October 1867, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 November 1896, )

Marie-Leona PELOQUIN (b.14 April 1871, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Noel-Joseph BLETTE 7 April 1891 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Julie-Obeline PELOQUIN (b.31 May 1873, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )
m. William LAVALLEE 15 October 1895 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie Aurise (Orise) PELOQUIN (b.22 January 1876, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

Adelard-Jean-Marie-Joseph PELOQUIN (b.20 February 1878, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Malvina BOISSELLE 11 December 1917 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

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1832 Birth
8 September 1832
Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Baptism
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The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Paul PELOQUIN and Marie PELOQUIN 26 June 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

1855 marriage
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1856 Birth of Child
Marie-Elxirmi PELOQUIN was born 19 June 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Paul was 23 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Delima PELOQUIN was born 6 February 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Paul was 25 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Birth of Child
Napoleon PELOQUIN was born 4 April 1862, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Paul was 29 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Noel-Joseph PELOQUIN was born 25 January 1864, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Paul was 31 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Adolphus-Joseph PELOQUIN was born 10 December 1865, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Paul was 33 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1867 Birth of Child
Agnes-Marie-Louise PELOQUIN was born 23 October 1867, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Paul was 35 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Birth of Child
Marie-Leona PELOQUIN was born 14 April 1871, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Paul was 38 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Julie-Obeline PELOQUIN was born 31 May 1873, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Paul was 40 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 Birth of Child
Marie Aurise (Orise) PELOQUIN was born 22 January 1876, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Paul was 43 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose-Delima PELOQUIN married 15 August 1876, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Paul ÉTHIER

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Birth of Child
Adelard-Jean-Marie-Joseph PELOQUIN was born 20 February 1878, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Paul was 45 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie PELOQUIN died 14 April 1880, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1888 Marriage of Child
Noel-Joseph PELOQUIN married 16 January 1888, Grafton, Massachusetts, USA (Saundersville) (Fisherville) to Amanda MEYETTE (MILLETTE)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Marche Richelieu, Sorel, Que.
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1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 Marriage of Child
Marie-Leona PELOQUIN married 7 April 1891, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Noel-Joseph BLETTE

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 Death of Child
Marie-Rose-Delima PELOQUIN died 18 April 1894, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Paul was 61 years old.

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1895 Marriage of Child
Julie-Obeline PELOQUIN married 15 October 1895, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to William LAVALLEE

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hotel Saurel, Sorel, P.Q.
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Rue du-Roi, Sorel, Que
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1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Grain Elevator
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1917 Marriage of Child
Adelard-Jean-Marie-Joseph PELOQUIN married 11 December 1917, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime) to Malvina BOISSELLE

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada