Nicholas PITON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Quebec, Canada
• Reference Number: 25.4*
• Religion: Levis, Quebec, Canada
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: ABD0B24C885547A5A80FD256D9B0A677C78C
• Occupation: 4 May 1845, Levis, Quebec, Canada
• Family: 1851, Queb?c City, Qu?bec, Canada

Notes:

"..was the only man in the village to wear his hair down to his shoulder. He was from Jersey and it was thought that might have been the custon in the Island." From Profiles Levisiens, by Pierre-Georges Roy, 1949.

Was it the PITON or ARLESS family that "had a quarry from which block was taken for part of the Canadian Parliament Buildings."

Immigration:
Nicholas first went to Gaspe, then later to Levis.

Religion:
He attended the Anglican Church on Wolfe Street in Levis.

_TODO:
FHL microfilm # 0,517,467. John Piton age 85 born in Jersey and Richard Piton age 35 born in Jersey; NAC microfilm # C-1155, Canada East, 558 Quebec City, St. Peter ward, page 27; ref: database/index on Ancestry.com

_TODO:
FHL microfilm # 1,843,580. James Piton age 40 born outside of Canada; microfilm # T-6498, district 117 - Toronto East, City, subdistrict A13, page 2; ref: database/index on Ancestry.com

Occupation:
Nicholas was a clerk. He was from the parish of Quebec, in the district of Quebec. He was a bachelor at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth.

Family:
There was a Piton family in Quebec City in the 1851 census. Are they related to Nicholas? John Piton is aged 85 and born in Jersey. Richard Piton is aged 35 and born in Jersey.

Nicholas married Elizabeth ARLESS on 4 May 1845 in Levis, Quebec, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Newark ARLESS and Elizabeth ASHTON) was born in 1826 in England; was christened on 5 Sep 1826 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
The officiating minister was __ Rollet [?].
Witnesses were V_ _rooner, and George Ramsay.

1. Martin PITON was born in Quebec, Canada; and died.
2. Nicholas Joseph PITON was born in Quebec, Canada; and died.
3. William John PITON was buried in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States.
4. Guy PITON was born in Quebec, Canada; was buried in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.
5. Francis Frederick PITON and died.
6. James PITON was born in 1852; was buried about 1927 in England.
7. Septimus Arless PITON died in 1910 in Levis, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Queb?c City, Qu?bec, Canada.
8. Henry Philip PITON was born about Aug 1854; died on 5 Jul 1859 in Levis, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 6 Jul 1859 in Levis, Quebec, Canada.
9. E.F. PITON
10. E.H.N. PITON
11. P.H. PITON