Edwidge PELOQUIN

(b. 29 December 1816 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 1 November 1908 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Edwidge PELOQUIN was born 29 December 1816 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Edwidge PELOQUIN was the child of Michel PELOQUIN and Catherine HUS PAUL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Felix PELOQUIN and Marie-Amable HAZEUR (AZURE) dite HERPIN (maternal) Pierre HUS PAUL LEMOINE and Marie-Geneviève BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE

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

Edwidge married Joseph BIBEAU 14 November 1832 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BIBEAU was born 4 May 1809 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Joseph died 22 February 1891 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Joseph was the child of Charles BIBEAU and Marie-Anne DUTEAU dite VILANDRE.

Edwidge PELOQUIN died 1 November 1908 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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Edwidge PELOQUIN married

Joseph BIBEAU-- Date: 14 November 1832 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Joseph BIBEAU was the child of Charles BIBEAU and Marie-Anne DUTEAU dite VILANDRE

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Children of Joseph BIBEAU and Edwidge PELOQUIN:

Pierre BIBEAU (b.abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Adele COURNOYER 6 October 1874 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
m. Marie LETENDRE 23 November 1891 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1816 Birth
29 December 1816
Sorel, 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)

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge PELOQUIN and Joseph BIBEAU 14 November 1832, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 15 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

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.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Marriage of Child
Pierre BIBEAU married 6 October 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Adele COURNOYER

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph BIBEAU died 22 February 1891, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1891 Marriage of Child
Pierre BIBEAU married 23 November 1891, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie LETENDRE

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 Death
1 November 1908
Sorel, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 91.

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