flag female ancestor  Marguerite  COURCHESNE

  (b. 6 June 1817 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada   d. 24 January 1892 Danville, Richmond, Québec, Canada )  

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Marguerite COURCHESNE was born 6 June 1817 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Marguerite COURCHESNE was the child of ?   and   ?

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Marguerite  married  Felix CONNOLLY 9 April 1839 in Drummondville, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felix CONNOLLY  was born 5 April 1816 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada.  Felix died 23 April 1884 in Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-Fulgence-de-Durham). 

Marguerite COURCHESNE died 24 January 1892 in Danville, Richmond, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Marguerite COURCHESNE

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Marguerite COURCHESNE married flag male ancestor Felix CONNOLLY-- Date: 9 April 1839 Place: Drummondville, Lower Canada


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Children of Felix CONNOLLY and Marguerite COURCHESNE:

flag female ancestor Marie Emma CONNOLLY (b.25 March 1849, St-Frédéric Wickham, Drummond, Quebec, Canada  d. 1 January 1921, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Ludger CAYA 13 October 1896



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birth1817 Birth
6 June 1817
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1839 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite COURCHESNE and Felix CONNOLLY 9 April 1839, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

She was 21 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1849 Birth of Child
Marie Emma CONNOLLY was born 25 March 1849, St-Frédéric Wickham, Drummond, Quebec, Canada

Marguerite was 31 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1884 Death of Spouse/Partner
Felix CONNOLLY died 23 April 1884, Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-Fulgence-de-Durham)
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1892 Death
24 January 1892
Danville, Richmond, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 74.
Added: 10/23/2025 1:36:42 PM - Updated: 10/23/2025 1:37:00 PM

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