flag female ancestor  Edwidge  PELOQUIN

  (b. 5 November 1827 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 21 September 1901 Sorel, Québec, Canada )  

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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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Did You Know? 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 flag male ancestor 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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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birth1827 Birth
5 November 1827
Sorel, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1845 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.
1850 Birth of Child
Edwidge COURNOYER was born 17 December 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edwidge was 23 years old.
News1852-53 - 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.
News1854 - 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.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1901 Death
21 September 1901
Sorel, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 73.
Added: 7/13/2015 12:13:58 PM - Updated: 4/4/2025 11:42:38 AM

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