Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX

(b. 31 August 1834 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 11 December 1897 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX was born 31 August 1834 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX was the child of Georges PELOQUIN and Catherine-Genevieve PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathieu PELOQUIN and Marie HUS PAUL (maternal) Louis PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Elisabeth-Isabelle LAVALLEE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Paul married Emilie HUS COURNOYER 9 January 1855 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilie HUS COURNOYER was born 1 October 1840 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Emilie died 20 March 1887 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Emilie was the child of Louis HUS COURNOYER and Theotiste HUS COURNOYER.

Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX died 11 December 1897 in Sorel, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX married

Emilie HUS COURNOYER-- Date: 9 January 1855 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Emilie HUS COURNOYER was the child of Louis HUS COURNOYER and Theotiste HUS COURNOYER

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Children of Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Emilie HUS COURNOYER:

Elmire PELOQUIN (b.1 May 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. 7 May 1940, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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1834 Birth
31 August 1834
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
Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Emilie HUS COURNOYER 9 January 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 20 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.