Catherine CAPLET

Born

16 December 1806 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

6 February 1890 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Joseph CAPLET Marguerite ALLARD

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Born: 16 December 1806 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph CAPLET

Mother: Marguerite ALLARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis CAPLET , Josephte LAGUERCE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre ALLARD , Félicité COMEAU

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Catherine married François HUS COURNOYER 13 January 1824 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François HUS COURNOYER was born abt. 1799 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). François died 13 January 1878 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). François was the child of Antoine HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Charlotte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX.

Catherine CAPLET died 6 February 1890 in Sainte-Victoire-de-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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Catherine CAPLET married

François HUS COURNOYER
Marriage date: 13 January 1824
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
François HUS COURNOYER was the child of Antoine HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Charlotte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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Children of François HUS COURNOYER and Catherine CAPLET

Luce COURNOYER

Born: 18 May 1828, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 10 October 1877, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Married: Felix HUS LEMOINE 13 January 1849 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

Olive COURNOYER

Born: abt. 1833, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste LAVALLEE 25 January 1853 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

François COURNOYER

Born: 10 January 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 25 May 1912, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX 17 January 1854 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

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Birth — 1806
16 December 1806
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 Marriage / Partner
Catherine CAPLET and François HUS COURNOYER 13 January 1824, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 17 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Luce COURNOYER was born 18 May 1828, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 21 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Birth of Child
François COURNOYER was born 10 January 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine 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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Luce COURNOYER married 13 January 1849, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East to Felix HUS LEMOINE

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Olive COURNOYER married 25 January 1853, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East to Jean-Baptiste LAVALLEE

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
François COURNOYER married 17 January 1854, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East to Marie PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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.