Pierre MONGEAU

(b. 13 June 1820 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 20 December 1871 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre MONGEAU was born 13 June 1820 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre MONGEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MONGEAU and Françoise PELOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MONGEAU and Louise HUS MILET (MILLET) BEAUCHEMIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE

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

Pierre married Edwidge PELOQUIN 22 February 1841 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Edwidge PELOQUIN was born 28 January 1824 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Edwidge was the child of Mathieu PELOQUIN and Marie HUS PAUL.

Pierre MONGEAU died 20 December 1871 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .

m. Edwidge Peloquin 22 FEB 1841 in St-Pierre, Sorel

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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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Family and Children of Pierre MONGEAU

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Pierre MONGEAU married

Edwidge PELOQUIN-- Date: 22 February 1841 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Edwidge PELOQUIN was the child of Mathieu PELOQUIN and Marie HUS PAUL

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Children of Pierre MONGEAU and Edwidge PELOQUIN:

Henriette MONGEAU (b.13 October 1841, Sorel, Canada East d. 25 April 1889, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

Pierre MONGEAU (b.28 February 1851, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Jean-Baptiste MONGEAU (b.2 July 1853, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Paul MONGEAU (b.abt. 1856, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Charles MONGEAU (b.16 June 1860, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

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1820 Birth
13 June 1820
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

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
Pierre MONGEAU and Edwidge PELOQUIN 22 February 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 20 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Henriette MONGEAU was born 13 October 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 21 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)

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 Birth of Child
Pierre MONGEAU was born 28 February 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 30 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MONGEAU was born 2 July 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 33 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Charles MONGEAU was born 16 June 1860, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 40 years old.

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.