Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY

Born

27 January 1809 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

1 December 1883 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY Marguerite DUFAULT

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Born: 27 January 1809 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

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Joseph married Theotiste PELOQUIN 7 October 1834 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Theotiste PELOQUIN was born 6 March 1815 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Theotiste died abt. 1867 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Theotiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE.

Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY died 1 December 1883 in Saint-Robert, 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
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Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY married

Theotiste PELOQUIN
Marriage date: 7 October 1834
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Theotiste PELOQUIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE

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St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Quebec, Canada

INTERESTING NOTE: Joseph's great-great-grandparents were Theotiste's great-grandparents (Joseph -- Antoine -- Joseph -- Francois -- Felix Peloquin and Marie Pelletier)(Theotiste -- Jean Baptiste -- Jean Baptiste -- Felix Peloquin and Marie Pelletier)

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Children of Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Theotiste PELOQUIN

Marie PELOQUIN

Born: 26 October 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 14 April 1880, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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

Joseph PELOQUIN

Born: 26 February 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie PELLETIER 12 January 1858 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Athanase PELOQUIN

Born: 5 March 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 18 May 1874, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 29 October 1861 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Noel PELOQUIN

Born: 19 December 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 10 April 1915, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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

Maurice PELOQUIN

Born: 21 October 1842, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 6 August 1921, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Married: Leocadie MANDEVILLE 2 February 1875 Place: L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Paul PELOQUIN

Born: 19 October 1844, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Desanges VANDAL 20 February 1871 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre PELOQUIN

Born: 6 December 1846, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise VANDAL 21 September 1868 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier PELOQUIN

Born: 8 July 1849, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 19 April 1854, Sorel, Canada East

Felix PELOQUIN

Born: 30 August 1851, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Theotiste PELOQUIN

Born: 11 January 1856, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Narcisse DUFAULT 30 September 1873 Place: L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Marie-Exerile PELOQUIN

Born: 23 June 1858, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 2 September 1879, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Married: Napoleon ALLARD 15 February 1876

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Birth — 1809
27 January 1809
Sorel, Lower Canada

Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY - Baptism

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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Theotiste PELOQUIN 7 October 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 25 years old.

Joseph PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY - 1834 marriage

1834 marriage

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1835 Birth of Child
Marie PELOQUIN was born 26 October 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 26 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Joseph PELOQUIN was born 26 February 1837, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 28 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
Athanase PELOQUIN was born 5 March 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 30 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Noel PELOQUIN was born 19 December 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 31 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
Maurice PELOQUIN was born 21 October 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 33 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
Paul PELOQUIN was born 19 October 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 35 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN was born 6 December 1846, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 37 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Olivier PELOQUIN was born 8 July 1849, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Felix PELOQUIN was born 30 August 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 42 years old.

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

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

1854 Death of Child
Olivier PELOQUIN died 19 April 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 45 years old.

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

1856 Birth of Child
Theotiste PELOQUIN was born 11 January 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 46 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 Marriage of Child
Joseph PELOQUIN married 12 January 1858, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Marie PELLETIER

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Marie-Exerile PELOQUIN was born 23 June 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 49 years old.

1861 Marriage of Child
Athanase PELOQUIN married 29 October 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marguerite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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.