Pierre PELOQUIN

(b. 10 Septenber 1781 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 September 1873 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre PELOQUIN was born 10 Septenber 1781 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre PELOQUIN was the child of Felix PELOQUIN and Marie-Amable HAZEUR (AZURE) dite HERPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Anne LAVALLÉE (maternal) Michel DEMURIES dit HAZEUR GAMELIN and Marie-Madeleine BIBEAU

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

Pierre married Marie LAVALLÉE 22 October 1804 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Marie LAVALLÉE was born 31 March 1783 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie died 24 January 1856 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph LAVALLÉE and Marie-Françoise PELOQUIN FÉLIX.

Pierre PELOQUIN died 27 September 1873 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Pierre PELOQUIN

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Pierre PELOQUIN married

Marie LAVALLÉE-- Date: 22 October 1804 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie LAVALLÉE was the child of Joseph LAVALLÉE and Marie-Françoise PELOQUIN FÉLIX

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Children of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marie LAVALLÉE:

Jean Baptiste PELOQUIN (b.30 July 1805, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 14 September 1880, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 11 November 1828 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Felix-Francois PELOQUIN (b.17 May 1815, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 11 June 1857, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Joseph PELOQUIN (b., , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Catherine PELOQUIN 10 January 1843 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie PÉLOQUIN (b.abt. 1821, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 October 1903, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Jacques ÉTHIER 10 August 1841 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edwidge PELOQUIN (b.18 July 1824, Sorel, Lower Canada d. abt. 1885, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Christophe PELOQUIN 10 January 1843 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Aurelie PÉLOQUIN (b.6 February 1827, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Louis-Zéphirin PÉLOQUIN (b.25 May 1829, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada d. 26 November 1899, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Judith DUFAULT 4 November 1856 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PELOQUIN and Marie LAVALLÉE 22 October 1804, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1805 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste PELOQUIN was born 30 July 1805, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1815 Birth of Child
Felix-Francois PELOQUIN was born 17 May 1815, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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

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

1824 Birth of Child
Edwidge PELOQUIN was born 18 July 1824, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Aurelie PÉLOQUIN was born 6 February 1827, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1828 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste PELOQUIN married 11 November 1828, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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

1829 Birth of Child
Louis-Zéphirin PÉLOQUIN was born 25 May 1829, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Marie PÉLOQUIN married 10 August 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Jacques ÉTHIER

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage of Child
Edwidge PELOQUIN married 10 January 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Christophe PELOQUIN

1843 Marriage of Child
Joseph PELOQUIN married 10 January 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Catherine PELOQUIN

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.

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie LAVALLÉE died 24 January 1856, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

1856 Marriage of Child
Louis-Zéphirin PÉLOQUIN married 4 November 1856, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Judith DUFAULT

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Death of Child
Felix-Francois PELOQUIN died 11 June 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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.