Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER

Born

31 July 1762 , Sorel, Canada

Died

29 August 1869 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine married Pierre LAVALLEE 16 February 1801 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre LAVALLEE was born 9 March 1778 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre died 13 August 1854 in Sorel, Canada East . Pierre was the child of Louis LAVALLEE and Marie-Louise GIGUERE dite DESPINS .

Parents & Family of Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER

Parents of Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER

Father

Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER

Mother

Marie LETENDRE

Grandparents of Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER

Paternal grandparents

Thomas-Ignace HUS COURNOYER Brigitte-Agathe HUS MILET (MILLET)

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE Madeleine LOISEAU dite CARDIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER

Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER married

Pierre LAVALLEE
Marriage date: 16 February 1801
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Pierre LAVALLEE was the child of Louis LAVALLEE and Marie-Louise GIGUERE dite DESPINS

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre LAVALLEE and Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER

Paul LAVALLEE

Born: abt. 1802, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 May 1877, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Angele BIBEAU 10 October 1820 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1762
31 July 1762
Sorel, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER and Pierre LAVALLEE 16 February 1801, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 38 years old.

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

1820 Marriage of Child
Paul LAVALLEE married 10 October 1820, Sorel, Lower Canada to Angele BIBEAU

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)

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
Pierre LAVALLEE died 13 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.

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.