Ursule PELOQUIN

Born

4 October 1740 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Died

12 May 1775 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Age: 34

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Felix PELOQUIN dit CREDIT Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Born: 4 October 1740 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Father: Felix PELOQUIN dit CREDIT

Mother: Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Paternal grandparents: François PELOQUIN dit CREDIT , Marie NIQUET

Maternal grandparents: Michel PELLETIER dit ANTAYA , Françoise MENEUX dite CHATEAUNEUF

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Ursule married Joseph-Mathurin BLET dit PETIT 23 April 1759 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Mathurin BLET dit PETIT was born 23 April 1732 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Joseph-Mathurin died 10 June 1808 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Joseph-Mathurin was the child of Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE and Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER).

Ursule PELOQUIN died 12 May 1775 in Sorel, Province of 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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Ursule PELOQUIN married

Joseph-Mathurin BLET dit PETIT
Marriage date: 23 April 1759
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Joseph-Mathurin BLET dit PETIT was the child of Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE and Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER)

Children of Joseph-Mathurin BLET dit PETIT and Ursule PELOQUIN

Joseph BLET

Born: 28 January 1760, Sorel, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Ursule BLET dite PETIT (BELLET)

Born: 26 May 1769, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 February 1825, Sorel, Lower Canada

Married: Barthelemy HUS LEMOINE 25 January 1802 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1740
4 October 1740
Sorel, Canada, New France

1740 Baptism
She was christened in St Pierre, Sorel, Québec, Can., October 23, 1740.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Marriage / Partner
Ursule PELOQUIN and Joseph-Mathurin BLET dit PETIT 23 April 1759, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 18 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Joseph BLET was born 28 January 1760, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ursule was 19 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.