Pierre PELOQUIN

(b. 1 January 1806 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 12 May 1896 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre PELOQUIN was born 1 January 1806 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre PELOQUIN was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Louise HUS MILLET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT dit RACLOS and Marie-Josephe RAJOTTE

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

Pierre married Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN 20 February 1827 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN was born 23 September 1810 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marguerite died 3 November 1882 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Jacques LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marguerite ÉTHIER.

Pierre PELOQUIN died 12 May 1896 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada.
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Pierre PELOQUIN married

Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN-- Date: 20 February 1827 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
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Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN was the child of Jacques LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marguerite ÉTHIER

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Children of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN:

Edwidge PELOQUIN (b.5 November 1827, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 21 September 1901, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Clement COURNOYER 14 October 1845 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre PELOQUIN (b.30 June 1830, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 21 January 1831, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Gilbert PELOQUIN (b.7 February 1832, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 22 May 1894, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 30 January 1855 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie PELOQUIN (b.21 July 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 22 June 1834, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Luce PELOQUIN (b.29 March 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 1 December 1917, Coaticook, Québec, Canada)
m. Bruno PELOQUIN 3 February 1852 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Clarisse PELOQUIN (b.25 January 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. François PELOQUIN 10 February 1857 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre PELOQUIN (b.28 November 1838, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 28 December 1921, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Marie TESSIER 29 November 1861 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marcel PELOQUIN (b.abt. 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 20 August 1842, Sorel, Canada East )

Barthelemy PELOQUIN (b.20 August 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Clement PELOQUIN (b.5 September 1845, Sorel, Canada East d. abt. 1923, )
m. Marie LEMOINE 3 February 1874 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Catherine PELOQUIN (b.3 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East d. , )
m. Prisque PELOQUIN 10 April 1866 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Olivier PELOQUIN (b.6 October 1850, Sorel, Canada East d. , )
m. Marie-Exerille TESSIER 17 January 1876 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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1806 Birth
1 January 1806
Sorel, Lower Canada

Baptism

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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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PELOQUIN and Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN 20 February 1827, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 years old.

1827 marriage

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1827 Birth of Child
Edwidge PELOQUIN was born 5 November 1827, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 21 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN was born 30 June 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1831 Death of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN died 21 January 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 25 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Gilbert PELOQUIN was born 7 February 1832, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie PELOQUIN was born 21 July 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 27 years old.

1834 Death of Child
Marie PELOQUIN died 22 June 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 28 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Luce PELOQUIN was born 29 March 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 29 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Clarisse PELOQUIN was born 25 January 1837, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 31 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN was born 28 November 1838, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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

1840 Birth of Child
Barthelemy PELOQUIN was born 20 August 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Death of Child
Marcel PELOQUIN died 20 August 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 36 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)

1845 Birth of Child
Clement PELOQUIN was born 5 September 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1845 Marriage of Child
Edwidge PELOQUIN married 14 October 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Clement COURNOYER

1848 Birth of Child
Catherine PELOQUIN was born 3 November 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 42 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Olivier PELOQUIN was born 6 October 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 44 years old.

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Luce PELOQUIN married 3 February 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Bruno PELOQUIN

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

1855 Marriage of Child
Gilbert PELOQUIN married 30 January 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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
Clarisse PELOQUIN married 10 February 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to François PELOQUIN

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Pierre PELOQUIN married 29 November 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie TESSIER

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Catherine PELOQUIN married 10 April 1866, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Prisque PELOQUIN

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.