flag male ancestor  Joseph  CAPLET

  (b. 13 October 1816 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 7 July 1896 Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )  

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Joseph CAPLET was born 13 October 1816 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Joseph CAPLET was the child of Joseph CAPLET   and   Marguerite ALLARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis CAPLET and Josephte LAGUERCE (maternal)  Pierre ALLARD and Félicité COMEAU

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Joseph  married  Catherine PELOQUIN 6 August 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  Catherine PELOQUIN  was born 3 January 1821 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Catherine died 10 May 1854 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.  Catherine was the child of François-Xavier PELOQUIN dit FELIX and Geneviève DUFAULT.

Joseph CAPLET died 7 July 1896 in Sainte-Victoire-de-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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph CAPLET married flag female ancestor Catherine PELOQUIN-- Date: 6 August 1839 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Catherine PELOQUIN was the child of François-Xavier PELOQUIN dit FELIX and Geneviève DUFAULT




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birth1816 Birth
13 October 1816
Sorel, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1839 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CAPLET and Catherine PELOQUIN 6 August 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.
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)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine PELOQUIN died 10 May 1854, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
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
death1896 Death
7 July 1896
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 79.
Added: 4/8/2021 9:05:58 AM - Updated: 4/8/2021 9:06:31 AM

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