Felix PELOQUIN

(b. abt. 1815 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 19 August 1875 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Felix PELOQUIN was born abt. 1815 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Felix PELOQUIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite DELISLE (maternal) Joseph MANDEVILLE and Marie-Ursule BOURGAULT dite LACROIX

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Felix married Marie ÉTHIER 16 November 1841 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children. Marie ÉTHIER was born 19 June 1821 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie died 25 May 1898 Marie was the child of Louis ÉTHIER and Judith HUS COURNOYER.

Felix PELOQUIN died 19 August 1875 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Felix PELOQUIN

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Felix PELOQUIN married

Marie ÉTHIER-- Date: 16 November 1841 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
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Marie ÉTHIER was the child of Louis ÉTHIER and Judith HUS COURNOYER

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Children of Felix PELOQUIN and Marie ÉTHIER:

Felix PELOQUIN (b.25 July 1842, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie PELOQUIN (b.6 January 1845, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Paul PELOQUIN (b.19 February 1847, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Lower Canada d. 13 September 1929, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )

Pierre PELOQUIN (b.28 June 1849, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

François-Xavier PELOQUIN (b.20 December 1852, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Celina DESORCY 20 November 1883 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Desanges PELOQUIN (b.19 June 1855, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Isidore PELOQUIN (b.26 March 1858, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Rose-De-Lima PELOQUIN (b.24 September 1860, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Emily PELOQUIN (b.abt. 1864, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Ida PELOQUIN (b.abt. 1866, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph PELOQUIN (b.abt. 1868, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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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

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

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

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

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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 Marriage / Partner
Felix PELOQUIN and Marie ÉTHIER 16 November 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1841 marriage
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1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Felix PELOQUIN was born 25 July 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie PELOQUIN was born 6 January 1845, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1847 Birth of Child
Paul PELOQUIN was born 19 February 1847, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN was born 28 June 1849, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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

1852 Birth of Child
François-Xavier PELOQUIN was born 20 December 1852, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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

1855 Birth of Child
Desanges PELOQUIN was born 19 June 1855, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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 Birth of Child
Isidore PELOQUIN was born 26 March 1858, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Rose-De-Lima PELOQUIN was born 24 September 1860, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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.