Esther COURNOYER

(b. 15 November 1819 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 1 August 1881 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada )

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Esther COURNOYER was born 15 November 1819 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Esther COURNOYER was the child of Louis HUS COURNOYER and Françoise HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Françoise BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE (maternal) Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Françoise HUS COURNOYER

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

Esther married Pierre ST-MARTIN 14 November 1843 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ST-MARTIN was born 12 November 1808 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre died 31 March 1883 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Pierre was the child of Pierre ST-MARTIN and Françoise PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX.

Esther COURNOYER died 1 August 1881 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
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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Esther COURNOYER married

Pierre ST-MARTIN-- Date: 14 November 1843 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Pierre ST-MARTIN was the child of Pierre ST-MARTIN and Françoise PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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Children of Pierre ST-MARTIN and Esther COURNOYER:

Denise ST-MARTIN (b.5 May 1861, Sorel, Canada East d. 2 October 1929, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada )
m. Isidore CARDIN 26 July 1881 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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1819 Birth
15 November 1819
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Esther COURNOYER and Pierre ST-MARTIN 14 November 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 24 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Denise ST-MARTIN was born 5 May 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Esther was 41 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.