Athanase PELOQUIN

(b. 5 March 1839 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 18 May 1874 , L'Avenir, Québec, Canada )

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Athanase PELOQUIN was born 5 March 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Athanase 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):

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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marguerite died 7 September 1884 in L'Avenir, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Olivier GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Lucie HUS COURNOYER.

Athanase PELOQUIN died 18 May 1874 in L'Avenir, 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.

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Athanase PELOQUIN married

Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE-- Date: 29 October 1861 Place: Sorel, Canada East
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Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Olivier GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Lucie HUS COURNOYER

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Children of Athanase PELOQUIN and Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE:

Rose-Delima-Marie PELOQUIN (b.24 August 1863, Sorel, Canada East d. 18 July 1900, , Canada)
m. Eric PROULX 23 October 1883

Lina PELOQUIN (b.abt. 1864, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 April 1933, White Bear Lake, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA)

Noel PELOQUIN (b.20 August 1865, Sorel, Canada East d. 26 June 1937, Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada )
m. Malvina PROULX 11 July 1887 in L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Paul PELOQUIN (b.24 February 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Mary ALAIN 9 February 1891

Agnes PELOQUIN (b.6 April 1870, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada d. 21 June 1871, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada)

Exerille PELOQUIN (b.October 1872, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 August 1923, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)

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1839 Birth
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.