Edwidge PELOQUIN

Born

5 November 1827 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

21 September 1901 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Pierre PELOQUIN Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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Edwidge PELOQUIN was born 5 November 1827 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Edwidge PELOQUIN was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT (maternal) Jacques LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marguerite ÉTHIER

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Edwidge married Clement COURNOYER 14 October 1845 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Clement COURNOYER was born 31 October 1824 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Clement was the child of Jean-Baptiste HUS and Adelaide-Catherine BOUCHER.

Edwidge PELOQUIN died 21 September 1901 in 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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Family and Children of Edwidge PELOQUIN

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Edwidge PELOQUIN married

Clement COURNOYER-- Date: 14 October 1845 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Clement COURNOYER was the child of Jean-Baptiste HUS and Adelaide-Catherine BOUCHER

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Children of Clement COURNOYER and Edwidge PELOQUIN

Marie-Janviere HUS COURNOYER (b.12 September 1847, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Edwidge COURNOYER (b.17 December 1850, Sorel, Canada East d. 7 August 1924, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

Pierre COURNOYER (b.29 March 1853, Sorel, Canada East d. 3 December 1940, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Gilbert COURNOYER (b.19 January 1855, Sorel, Canada East d. 22 November 1864, )

Adeline COURNOYER (b.30 October 1856, Sorel, Canada East d. 17 January 1940, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

Jean-Baptiste COURNOYER (b.abt. 1863, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Rose-De-Lima COURNOYER (b.abt. 1868, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1827 Birth
5 November 1827
Sorel, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge PELOQUIN and Clement COURNOYER 14 October 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 17 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Marie-Janviere HUS COURNOYER was born 12 September 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edwidge was 19 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Edwidge COURNOYER was born 17 December 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edwidge was 23 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Pierre COURNOYER was born 29 March 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edwidge was 25 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Gilbert COURNOYER was born 19 January 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edwidge was 27 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Adeline COURNOYER was born 30 October 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edwidge was 29 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

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.