Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN

Born

14 January 1811 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

13 October 1898 , Saint-David, Québec, Canada

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Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY Marguerite DUFAULT

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Born: 14 January 1811 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY

Mother: Marguerite DUFAULT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX , Marie-Louise HUS MILLET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT dit RACLOS , Marie-Josephe RAJOTTE

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

Olivier-Félix married Esther HUS dite COURNOYER 28 September 1830 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Esther HUS dite COURNOYER was born 19 July 1812 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Esther died 4 January 1879 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Esther was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL.

Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN died 13 October 1898 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN

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Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN married

Esther HUS dite COURNOYER
Marriage date: 28 September 1830
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Esther HUS dite COURNOYER was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL

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St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Quebec, Canada

INTERESTING NOTE: Olivier and Esther shared common great-great-grandparents - Felix Peloquin and Marie Pelletier. (Olivier -- Antoine -- Joseph -- Francois -- Felix Peloquin and Marie Pelletier) (Esther -- Marie Anne Savail -- Joseph Savail -- Catherine Peloquin -- Felix Peloquin and Marie Pelletier)

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Children of Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN and Esther HUS dite COURNOYER

Olivier PELOQUIN

Born: 4 September 1831, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Sophie PÉLOQUIN 3 March 1851 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Mathilde BARDIER dite SANSOUCY 24 April 1876 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Paul PELOQUIN

Born: 8 September 1832, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 31 May 1921, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie PELOQUIN 26 June 1855 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olive PELOQUIN

Born: 26 December 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 17 January 1861, Saint-Robert, Canada East

Married: Charles DUFAULT 9 September 1851 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Isidore PELOQUIN

Born: 29 May 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 28 February 1912, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie HUS-LATRAVERSE 29 January 1861 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Rose-De-Lima PELOQUIN

Born: 1 January 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 1 August 1878, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste CARDIN 1 February 1853 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Martel PELOQUIN

Born: 3 February 1839, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 4 April 1881, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Marie LAVALLEE 11 January 1859 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Pierre PELOQUIN

Born: 25 May 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Aurelie GUEVREMONT 27 October 1863 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Calixte PELOQUIN

Born: 15 January 1842, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East
Died: 4 February 1931, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Catherine CRÉPEAU 16 January 1866 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph PELOQUIN

Born: 26 May 1844, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 18 March 1928, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite PELOQUIN 12 October 1869 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Zotique-David PELOQUIN

Born: 25 February 1846, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Adeline PELOQUIN

Born: 17 April 1848, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 25 September 1929, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Noel PELOQUIN 26 September 1871 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Cyrille PELOQUIN

Born: abt. 1850, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Delia DUFAULT 17 October 1871 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN

Born: 21 January 1851, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 24 March 1937, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: David HUS MILLETTE 24 February 1868 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Esther PELOQUIN

Born: 23 March 1855, Sorel, Canada East
Died: abt. 1944,

Married: Felix ÉTHIER 9 November 1875 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1811
14 January 1811
Sorel, Lower Canada

Baptism

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN and Esther HUS dite COURNOYER 28 September 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 19 years old.

1830 marriage

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Olivier PELOQUIN was born 4 September 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 20 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Paul PELOQUIN was born 8 September 1832, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 21 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Olive PELOQUIN was born 26 December 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 22 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Isidore PELOQUIN was born 29 May 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 24 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Rose-De-Lima PELOQUIN was born 1 January 1837, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 25 years old.

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
Martel PELOQUIN was born 3 February 1839, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Olivier-Félix was 28 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN was born 25 May 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 29 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Calixte PELOQUIN was born 15 January 1842, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Olivier-Félix was 31 years old.

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

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

1844 Birth of Child
Joseph PELOQUIN was born 26 May 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 33 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Zotique-David PELOQUIN was born 25 February 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 35 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Adeline PELOQUIN was born 17 April 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 37 years old.

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

1851 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN was born 21 January 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 40 years old.

1851 Marriage of Child
Olivier PELOQUIN married 3 March 1851, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Sophie PÉLOQUIN

1851 Marriage of Child
Olive PELOQUIN married 9 September 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Charles DUFAULT

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Rose-De-Lima PELOQUIN married 1 February 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Jean-Baptiste CARDIN

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

1855 Birth of Child
Esther PELOQUIN was born 23 March 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier-Félix was 44 years old.

1855 Marriage of Child
Paul PELOQUIN married 26 June 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie PELOQUIN

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Martel PELOQUIN married 11 January 1859, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Marie LAVALLEE

1861 Death of Child
Olive PELOQUIN died 17 January 1861, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Olivier-Félix was 50 years old.

1861 Marriage of Child
Isidore PELOQUIN married 29 January 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie HUS-LATRAVERSE

1863 Marriage of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN married 27 October 1863, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Aurelie GUEVREMONT

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Calixte PELOQUIN married 16 January 1866, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Catherine CRÉPEAU

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN married 24 February 1868, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to David HUS MILLETTE

1869 Marriage of Child
Joseph PELOQUIN married 12 October 1869, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marguerite PELOQUIN

1871 Marriage of Child
Adeline PELOQUIN married 26 September 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Noel PELOQUIN

1871 Marriage of Child
Cyrille PELOQUIN married 17 October 1871, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Marie-Delia DUFAULT

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Marriage of Child
Esther PELOQUIN married 9 November 1875, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Felix ÉTHIER

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Marriage of Child
Olivier PELOQUIN married 24 April 1876, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Mathilde BARDIER dite SANSOUCY

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Death of Child
Rose-De-Lima PELOQUIN died 1 August 1878, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Olivier-Félix was 67 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Death of Spouse/Partner
Esther HUS dite COURNOYER died 4 January 1879, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

1881 Death of Child
Martel PELOQUIN died 4 April 1881, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Olivier-Félix was 70 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada