Benoni HUS COURNOYER

Born

17 September 1803 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

5 May 1886 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

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Joseph HUS COURNOYER Françoise HUS COURNOYER

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Born: 17 September 1803 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph HUS COURNOYER

Mother: Françoise HUS COURNOYER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph HUS COURNOYER , Agathe THIBERT

Maternal grandparents: Thomas-Ignace HUS COURNOYER , Brigitte-Agathe HUS MILET (MILLET)

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Benoni married Julie MASSE 8 August 1826 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie MASSE was born 1 September 1804 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Julie died 4 August 1854 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Julie was the child of Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ and Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR.

Benoni HUS COURNOYER died 5 May 1886 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Benoni HUS COURNOYER married

Julie MASSE
Marriage date: 8 August 1826
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Julie MASSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ and Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR

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Julie HUS COURNOYER

Born: 2 March 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph HUS PAUL 23 February 1857 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1803
17 September 1803
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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Benoni HUS COURNOYER and Julie MASSE 8 August 1826, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 22 years old.

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

1833 Birth of Child
Julie HUS COURNOYER was born 2 March 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Benoni was 29 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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julie MASSE died 4 August 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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 of Child
Julie HUS COURNOYER married 23 February 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Joseph HUS PAUL

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.