Charles HUS COURNOYER

Born

7 November 1822 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

24 June 1888 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

Charles married Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE 12 October 1853 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE was born 23 March 1833 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Marie-Florence died 27 February 1911 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Marie-Florence was the child of François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Catherine PELOQUIN .

Parents & Family of Charles HUS COURNOYER

Parents of Charles HUS COURNOYER

Father

Gregoire HUS COURNOYER

Mother

Geneviève CARTIER

Grandparents of Charles HUS COURNOYER

Paternal grandparents

Ignace HUS COURNOYER Marie BOURDAIS

Maternal grandparents

Louis CARTIER Catherine LETENDRE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles HUS COURNOYER

Charles HUS COURNOYER married

Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE
Marriage date: 12 October 1853
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE was the child of François GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Catherine PELOQUIN

Marriage notes:

Children:

Charles Cournoyer 04 Sep 1854 m. Cournoyer Elisabeth

Jean-Baptiste Cournoyer 24 Apr 1858 m. Gautron Delia

Alexis-Alexandre Cournoyer 19 Sep 1860 m. Pontbriand Delia

Josephine Cournoyer 05 Aug 1863 m. Cournoyer Pierre

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

Children of Charles HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Josephine COURNOYER

Born: 5 August 1863, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Pierre COURNOYER 3 February 1880 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada

Melina COURNOYER

Born: abt. 1865, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Paul LEMOINE 29 September 1885 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1822
7 November 1822
Sorel, Lower Canada

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.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Charles HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Florence GAUTHIER dite DELISLE 12 October 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 30 years old.

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

1863 Birth of Child
Josephine COURNOYER was born 5 August 1863, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Charles was 40 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.