Thérèse HUS COURNOYER

(b. 2 September 1808 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 24 December 1882 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse HUS COURNOYER was born 2 September 1808 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Thérèse HUS COURNOYER was the child of Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Thérèse PAPILLON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Louise COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ (maternal) Étienne PAPILLON and Ursule PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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

Thérèse married Michel LAVALLEE 6 February 1826 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Michel LAVALLEE was born 9 September 1802 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Michel died 29 November 1875 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Michel was the child of Joseph LAVALLÉE and Marie-Françoise PELOQUIN FÉLIX.

Thérèse HUS COURNOYER died 24 December 1882 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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Thérèse HUS COURNOYER married

Michel LAVALLEE-- Date: 6 February 1826 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Michel LAVALLEE was the child of Joseph LAVALLÉE and Marie-Françoise PELOQUIN FÉLIX

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Children of Michel LAVALLEE and Thérèse HUS COURNOYER:

Catherine LAVALLEE (b.abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Paul BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE 13 August 1850 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LAVALLEE (b.abt. 1833, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Olive COURNOYER 25 January 1853 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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1808 Birth
2 September 1808
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
Thérèse HUS COURNOYER and Michel LAVALLEE 6 February 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 17 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

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Catherine LAVALLEE married 13 August 1850, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Paul BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE

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

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

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

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.