Sophie PÉLOQUIN

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23 August 1830 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

22 August 1873 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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André PÉLOQUIN Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Born: 23 August 1830 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: André PÉLOQUIN

Mother: Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Paternal grandparents: Pierre PÉLOQUIN FÉLIX , Marguerite HUS COURNOYER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph PELLETIER , Marie-Geneviève VANDAL

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Sophie married Olivier PELOQUIN 3 March 1851 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Olivier PELOQUIN was born 4 September 1831 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Olivier was the child of Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN and Esther HUS dite COURNOYER.

Sophie PÉLOQUIN died 22 August 1873 in Sainte-Victoire-de-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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Spouse & Children of Sophie PÉLOQUIN

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Sophie PÉLOQUIN married

Olivier PELOQUIN
Marriage date: 3 March 1851
Marriage place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Olivier PELOQUIN was the child of Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN and Esther HUS dite COURNOYER

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Children of Olivier PELOQUIN and Sophie PÉLOQUIN

Marie-Rose-Delima PELOQUIN

Born: 19 April 1852, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Olivier PELOQUIN

Born: 25 February 1854, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: 30 July 1934, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Hermine DORVAL 16 November 1875 Place: Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Married: Hermeline LARUE dite DESPLAINES 6 June 1911 Place: Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Bonsecours)

Sophie PELOQUIN

Born: 23 September 1855, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: 17 October 1918, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Daniel DUFAULT 14 April 1874 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Delphis PELOQUIN

Born: 13 April 1858, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: 9 November 1911, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie-Cordelia-Emma PELOQUIN

Born: 26 November 1859, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Georgiana PELOQUIN

Born: 2 September 1861, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: 26 March 1899, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Pierre Urgele PELOQUIN

Born: 21 May 1863, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: 16 December 1909, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Marie-Parmelie PELOQUIN

Born: 26 August 1865, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: 24 December 1865, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

Joseph-Nazaire PELOQUIN

Born: 12 October 1866, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Joseph PELOQUIN

Born: 3 December 1869, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 26 December 1873, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1830
23 August 1830
Sorel, Lower Canada

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Sophie PÉLOQUIN and Olivier PELOQUIN 3 March 1851, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1851 marriage

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Delima PELOQUIN was born 19 April 1852, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 21 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Olivier PELOQUIN was born 25 February 1854, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 23 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Sophie PELOQUIN was born 23 September 1855, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 25 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 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Delphis PELOQUIN was born 13 April 1858, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 27 years old.

1859 Birth of Child
Marie-Cordelia-Emma PELOQUIN was born 26 November 1859, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 29 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Georgiana PELOQUIN was born 2 September 1861, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 31 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Pierre Urgele PELOQUIN was born 21 May 1863, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 32 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Parmelie PELOQUIN was born 26 August 1865, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 35 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Joseph-Nazaire PELOQUIN was born 12 October 1866, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 36 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.