Athanase PELOQUIN

Born

Died

18 May 1874 , L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Athanase married Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 29 October 1861 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 10 October 1838 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Marguerite died 7 September 1884 in L'Avenir, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Olivier GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Lucie HUS COURNOYER .

Parents & Family of Athanase PELOQUIN

Parents of Athanase PELOQUIN

Father

Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY

Mother

Theotiste PELOQUIN

Grandparents of Athanase PELOQUIN

Paternal grandparents

Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY Marguerite DUFAULT

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Athanase PELOQUIN

Athanase PELOQUIN married

Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE
Marriage date: 29 October 1861
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Olivier GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Lucie HUS COURNOYER

Marriage notes:

St-Pierre

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Athanase PELOQUIN and Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Rose-Delima-Marie PELOQUIN

Born: 24 August 1863, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 18 July 1900, , Canada

Married: Eric PROULX 23 October 1883

Lina PELOQUIN

Born: abt. 1864, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 April 1933, White Bear Lake, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA

Noel PELOQUIN

Born: 20 August 1865, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 26 June 1937, Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada

Married: Malvina PROULX 11 July 1887 Place: L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Paul PELOQUIN

Born: 24 February 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Mary ALAIN 9 February 1891

Agnes PELOQUIN

Born: 6 April 1870, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada
Died: 21 June 1871, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Exerille PELOQUIN

Born: October 1872, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 5 August 1923, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1839
5 March 1839
Sorel, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

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

1861 Marriage / Partner
Athanase PELOQUIN and Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 29 October 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

Athanase PELOQUIN - 1861 Marriage St-Pierre, Sorel, Quebec, Canada NOTE: No idea why it is crossed out

1861 Marriage
St-Pierre, Sorel, Quebec, Canada

NOTE: No idea why it is crossed out

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1863 Birth of Child
Rose-Delima-Marie PELOQUIN was born 24 August 1863, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Athanase was 24 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Noel PELOQUIN was born 20 August 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Athanase was 26 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.