Marie PELOQUIN

(b. 26 October 1835 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 14 April 1880 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Marie PELOQUIN was born 26 October 1835 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Marie PELOQUIN was the child of Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Theotiste PELOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE

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

Marie married Paul PELOQUIN 26 June 1855 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Paul PELOQUIN was born 8 September 1832 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Paul died 31 May 1921 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Paul was the child of Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN and Esther HUS dite COURNOYER.

Marie PELOQUIN died 14 April 1880 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Family and Children of Marie PELOQUIN

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Marie PELOQUIN married

Paul PELOQUIN-- Date: 26 June 1855 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
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Paul PELOQUIN was the child of Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN and Esther HUS dite COURNOYER

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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, , Québec Province, Canada )

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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1835 Birth
26 October 1835
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

She was 19 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)

Marie was 20 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)

Marie was 22 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)

Marie was 26 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)

Marie was 28 years old.

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

Marie was 30 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.