Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN

(b. 25 July 1800 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 22 May 1872 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN was born 25 July 1800 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite DELISLE (maternal) Joseph MANDEVILLE and Marie-Ursule BOURGAULT dite LACROIX

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

Marie-Josephe married Olivier HUS COURNOYER 26 October 1824 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Olivier HUS COURNOYER was born 19 April 1801 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Olivier was the child of Charles HUS COURNOYER and Françoise PRUNIER dite VADEBONCOEUR.

Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN died 22 May 1872 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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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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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Family and Children of Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN

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Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN married

Olivier HUS COURNOYER-- Date: 26 October 1824 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Olivier HUS COURNOYER was the child of Charles HUS COURNOYER and Françoise PRUNIER dite VADEBONCOEUR

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Children of Olivier HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN:

Basilisse COURNOYER (b.2 September 1825, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Felix HUS LEMOINE 22 August 1848 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie COURNOYER (b.3 February 1828, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Aurelie COURNOYER (b.27 August 1830, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Ignace-Olivier COURNOYER (b.14 March 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Esther COURNOYER 10 February 1857 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Paul COURNOYER (b.10 December 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie COURNOYER (b.abt. 1838, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Olivier PAUL 15 February 1858 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Angele COURNOYER (b.18 January 1842, Sorel, Canada East d. , )
m. Paul LEMOINE 12 April 1864 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1800 Birth
25 July 1800
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN and Olivier HUS COURNOYER 26 October 1824, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 24 years old.

1824 marriage

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1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Basilisse COURNOYER was born 2 September 1825, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Josephe was 25 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Sophie COURNOYER was born 3 February 1828, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Josephe was 27 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Aurelie COURNOYER was born 27 August 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Josephe was 30 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Ignace-Olivier COURNOYER was born 14 March 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Josephe was 32 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Paul COURNOYER was born 10 December 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Josephe was 35 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Angele COURNOYER was born 18 January 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Josephe was 41 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Basilisse COURNOYER married 22 August 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Felix HUS LEMOINE

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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Ignace-Olivier COURNOYER married 10 February 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Esther COURNOYER

1858 Marriage of Child
Marie COURNOYER married 15 February 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Olivier PAUL

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Angele COURNOYER married 12 April 1864, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Paul LEMOINE

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.