Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Nicholas PITON

Male 1816 - 1890  (74 years)


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  • Name Nicholas PITON 
    Birth 1816  Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 4 May 1845  Levis, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • 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 1851  Queb?c City, Qu?bec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 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.
    Immigration Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Nicholas first went to Gaspe, then later to Levis.
    Reference Number 25.4* 
    Religion Levis, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • He attended the Anglican Church on Wolfe Street in Levis.
    _TODO Open 
    • 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
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    • 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
    _UID ABD0B24C885547A5A80FD256D9B0A677C78C 
    Death 1890  St. Davis, Levis, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I910  Everyone
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2017 

    Family Elizabeth ARLESS,   b. 1826, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 4 May 1845  Levis, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • The officiating minister was __ Rollet [?].
      Witnesses were V_ _rooner, and George Ramsay. [2]
    Children 
     1. Martin PITON,   b. Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Nicholas Joseph PITON,   b. Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. William John PITON   bur. Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Guy PITON,   b. Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Francis Frederick PITON   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. James PITON,   b. 1852   bur. Abt 1927, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
     7. Septimus Arless PITON   d. 1910, Levis, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Henry Philip PITON,   b. Abt Aug 1854   d. 5 Jul 1859, Levis, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 4 years)
     9. E.F. PITON
     10. E.H.N. PITON
     11. P.H. PITON
    Family ID F327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2001 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1816 - Jersey, Channel Islands Link to Google Earth
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  • 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." [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S124] Marian G. Turk, A00100, (Detroit. 1979), Page 473 (Photocopy) (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S157] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00131, 19 Aug 2000, Marriage: 4 May 1845, A00131. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S268] A00227, 15 May 2001, A00227. (Reliability: 2).



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