Gilbert PELOQUIN

Born

7 February 1832 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

22 May 1894 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Gilbert married Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 30 January 1855 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 13 May 1834 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Marie died 18 January 1915 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Marie was the child of Dominique GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Emelie COURNOYER .

Parents & Family of Gilbert PELOQUIN

Parents of Gilbert PELOQUIN

Father

Pierre PELOQUIN

Mother

Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN

Grandparents of Gilbert PELOQUIN

Paternal grandparents

Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY Marguerite DUFAULT

Maternal grandparents

Jacques LOISEAU dit CARDIN Marguerite ÉTHIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gilbert PELOQUIN

Gilbert PELOQUIN married

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE
Marriage date: 30 January 1855
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Dominique GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Emelie COURNOYER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Gilbert PELOQUIN and Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Euchariste PELOQUIN

Born: 13 September 1856, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Adelaide COURNOYER 2 September 1879 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Elisa PARENT 31 January 1888 Place: Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Celina PELOQUIN

Born: 14 July 1876, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada
Died: 7 September 1968, Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1832
7 February 1832
Sorel, Lower Canada

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)

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

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

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

1855 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert PELOQUIN and Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 30 January 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Euchariste PELOQUIN was born 13 September 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 24 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.