Calixte PELOQUIN

(b. 15 January 1842 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East d. 4 February 1931 , Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA )

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Calixte PELOQUIN was born 15 January 1842 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East

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

Calixte was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1907.

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

Calixte married Catherine CRÉPEAU 16 January 1866 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Catherine CRÉPEAU was born 4 October 1850 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine died 17 January 1907 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA. Catherine was the child of Charles CRÉPEAU and Marie RAJOTTE (RAGEOT).

Calixte PELOQUIN died 4 February 1931 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA.
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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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Family and Children of Calixte PELOQUIN

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Calixte PELOQUIN married

Catherine CRÉPEAU-- Date: 16 January 1866 Place: Sorel, Canada East
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Catherine CRÉPEAU was the child of Charles CRÉPEAU and Marie RAJOTTE (RAGEOT)

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Children of Calixte PELOQUIN and Catherine CRÉPEAU:

Calixte PELOQUIN (b.31 August 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. July 1869, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

Napoleon PELOQUIN (b.1 September 1870, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. 13 March 1935, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA)
m. Exilda BISAILLON 3 January 1893 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Alexina PELOQUIN (b.June 1872, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 July 1906, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA)

Parmelia PELOQUIN (b.abt. 1879, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Rosanna PELOQUIN (b.abt. 1881, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Adelard PELOQUIN (b.28 May 1883, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. 31 March 1903, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA)

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1842 Birth
15 January 1842
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage / Partner
Calixte PELOQUIN and Catherine CRÉPEAU 16 January 1866, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 24 years old.

Calixte PELOQUIN - 1866 Marriage St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Quebec

1866 Marriage
St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Quebec

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

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

1868 Birth of Child
Calixte PELOQUIN was born 31 August 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Calixte was 26 years old.

1869 Death of Child
Calixte PELOQUIN died July 1869, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Calixte was 27 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Napoleon PELOQUIN was born 1 September 1870, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Calixte was 28 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Alexina PELOQUIN was born June 1872, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Calixte was 30 years old.

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

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

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

1883 Birth of Child
Adelard PELOQUIN was born 28 May 1883, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Calixte was 41 years old.

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

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

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

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

1893 Marriage of Child
Napoleon PELOQUIN married 3 January 1893, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA to Exilda BISAILLON

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

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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)

1903 Death of Child
Adelard PELOQUIN died 31 March 1903, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Calixte was 61 years old.

1906 Death of Child
Alexina PELOQUIN died 9 July 1906, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Calixte was 64 years old.

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)

1907 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine CRÉPEAU died 17 January 1907, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

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

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)

1920 Woonsocket, Rhode Island
name: Calixte Peloquin
residence: , Providence, Rhode Island
estimated birth year: 1841
age: 79
birthplace: Canada
relationship to head of household: Father
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Widowed
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1821676
digital folder number: 4385048
image number: 00497
sheet number: 29
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Napolion Peloquin M 48y Canada
wife Exilda Peloquin F 49y Canada
dau Leona Peloquin F 22y Rhode Island
dau Rosaria Peloquin F 19y Rhode Island
dau Bernadette Peloquin F 17y Rhode Island
dau Lorette Peloquin F 15y Rhode Island
dau Beatrice Peloquin F 13y Rhode Island
dau Cecilia Peloquin F 11y Rhode Island
fath Calixte Peloquin M 79y Canada
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1925 Woonsocket, Rhode Island
name: Calixte Peloquin
residence: Woonsocket Ward 05, E.D. 365, Providence, Rhode Island
age: 86
estimated birth date: 1839
place of birth: Canada
relationship to head of household: Father
gender: Male
race: White
page number: 51
line number: 25
film number: 1769848
family number: 376
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Napoleon Peloquin M 54y Canada
Beatrice Peloquin F 18y Rhode Island
Cecilia Peloquin F 17y Rhode Island
Rose Alba Ducharme F 32y Rhode Island
Narcisse Ducharme M 34y Rhode Island
Doris Ducharme F 6y Rhode Island
Rita Ducharme F 3y 8m Rhode Island
Calixte Peloquin M 86y Canada
1925 Rhode Island State Census
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1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Is this him?
name: Calixte Peloquin
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island
gender: Male
age: 86
marital status: Widowed
race: White
birthplace: Canada
estimated birth year: 1844
immigration year: 1910
relationship to head of household: Inmate
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Canada
enumeration district number: 0277
family number:
sheet number and letter: 13B
line number: 53
nara publication: T626, roll 2181
film number: 2341915
digital folder number: 4547310
image number: 00032
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 Death
name: Calixte Peloquin
gender: Male
burial date:
burial place:
death date: 04 Feb 1931
death place: Howard, Rhode Island
age: 90
birth date: 1841
birthplace:
occupation:
race:
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: Oliver Peloquin
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Conmoyer
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B03104-2
system origin: Rhode Island-EASy
source film number: 1941130
reference number: 89

'Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F8HM-1HQ : accessed 09 Oct 2012), Calixte Peloquin, 1841.
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