Catherine PELOQUIN

(b. 29 January 1841 , Sorel, Canada East d. 15 May 1875 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine PELOQUIN was born 29 January 1841 in Sorel, Canada East

Catherine PELOQUIN was the child of Barthelemy PELOQUIN and Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT (maternal) Pierre GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Catherine PLANTE

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

Catherine married Jean PARENTEAU 20 October 1857 in Saint-Robert, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean PARENTEAU was born abt. 1837 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean was the child of Jean PARENTEAU and Marie PELLETIER.

Catherine PELOQUIN died 15 May 1875 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada.

married Jean Parenteau 20 OCT 1857 in St Robert, Richelieu, QC, 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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Catherine PELOQUIN married

Jean PARENTEAU-- Date: 20 October 1857 Place: Saint-Robert, Canada East
Jean PARENTEAU was the child of Jean PARENTEAU and Marie PELLETIER

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Children of Jean PARENTEAU and Catherine PELOQUIN:

Felix PARENTEAU (b.5 December 1860, Montréal, Canada East d. abt. 1936, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)

Rose-De-Lima PARENTEAU (b.abt. 1865, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Elmire-Amanda PARENTEAU (b.15 March 1872, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1841 Birth
29 January 1841
Sorel, Canada East

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.

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 / Partner
Catherine PELOQUIN and Jean PARENTEAU 20 October 1857, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Felix PARENTEAU was born 5 December 1860, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 19 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.