Catherine PELOQUIN

(b. 5 June 1805 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 20 September 1873 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine PELOQUIN was born 5 June 1805 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Catherine PELOQUIN was the child of François PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Geneviève TESSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Felix PELOQUIN and Marie-Amable HAZEUR (AZURE) dite HERPIN (maternal) Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR and Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET

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

Catherine married François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE 3 June 1823 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE was born 1 June 1799 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). François was the child of Michel GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Catherine HUS COURNOYER.

Catherine PELOQUIN died 20 September 1873 in Sorel, 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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Catherine PELOQUIN married

François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE-- Date: 3 June 1823 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE was the child of Michel GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Catherine HUS COURNOYER

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Children of François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Catherine PELOQUIN:

Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE (b.29 July 1824, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 20 February 1915, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)

Joseph-François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE (b.26 February 1826, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie Olive GAUTHIER (b.13 September 1828, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 22 October 1910, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA)

Sophie GAUTHIER (b.2 February 1831, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 11 March 1834, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE (b.23 March 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 27 February 1911, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Charles HUS COURNOYER 12 October 1853 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Sophie GAUTHIER (b.25 January 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 21 May 1911, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Odile GAUTHIER (b.13 December 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

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1805 Birth
5 June 1805
Sorel, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage / Partner
Catherine PELOQUIN and François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE 3 June 1823, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 18 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE was born 29 July 1824, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 19 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Joseph-François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE was born 26 February 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 20 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Marie Olive GAUTHIER was born 13 September 1828, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 23 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Sophie GAUTHIER was born 2 February 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 25 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE was born 23 March 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 27 years old.

1834 Death of Child
Sophie GAUTHIER died 11 March 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 28 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Marie-Sophie GAUTHIER was born 25 January 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 30 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Odile GAUTHIER was born 13 December 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 34 years old.

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE married 12 October 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Charles HUS COURNOYER

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.