Marie PELOQUIN

(b. 24 October 1819 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 27 November 1889 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Marie PELOQUIN was born 24 October 1819 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Marie 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):

Marie married Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE 6 August 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 28 September 1817 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre died 24 October 1880 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre was the child of René GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN.

Marie PELOQUIN died 27 November 1889 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.

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Marie PELOQUIN married

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE-- Date: 6 August 1839 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
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Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was the child of René GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN

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Children of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie PELOQUIN:

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.6 December 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 18 December 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.9 March 1842, Sorel, Canada East d. 10 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East )

Paul GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.9 August 1844, Sorel, Canada East d. 9 March 1923, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.7 October 1847, Sorel, Canada East d. 24 September 1916, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.11 November 1849, Sorel, Canada East d. abt. 1942, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Theotiste GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.21 August 1853, Sorel, Canada East d. 24 June 1927, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada )

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.17 December 1855, Sorel, Canada East d. 27 May 1928, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.16 October 1857, Sorel, Canada East d. 4 February 1927, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Calixte GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.31 March 1861, Sorel, Canada East d. 11 March 1946, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Rose-Delima COURNOYER 22 November 1887 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Rose-Anna GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1819 Birth
24 October 1819
Sorel, Lower Canada

Baptism

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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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Marie PELOQUIN and Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE 6 August 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 19 years old.

1839 marriage

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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 6 December 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 21 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 9 March 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 22 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Paul GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 9 August 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 24 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 7 October 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 27 years old.

1848 Death of Child
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 10 November 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 29 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 11 November 1849, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 30 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Theotiste GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 21 August 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 33 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 17 December 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 36 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 16 October 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 38 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Calixte GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 31 March 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 41 years old.

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.