Marie-Anne SALVAIL

Born

8 June 1792 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

14 May 1871 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Joseph SALVAIL Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Born: 8 June 1792 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph SALVAIL

Mother: Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SALVAIL , Catherine PELOQUIN dite FELIX

Maternal grandparents: Jacques PELLETIER dit ANTAYA , Marguerite ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS

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Marie-Anne married Pierre HUS COURNOYER 4 November 1811 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Pierre HUS COURNOYER was born 24 December 1781 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre died 2 October 1844 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite PELOQUIN FELIX.

Marie-Anne SALVAIL died 14 May 1871 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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Marie-Anne SALVAIL married

Pierre HUS COURNOYER
Marriage date: 4 November 1811
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Pierre HUS COURNOYER was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite PELOQUIN FELIX

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St-Pierre-de-Sorel

INTERESTING NOTE: Pierre and Marianne shared common great-grandparents: Felix Peloquin and Marie Pelletier. (Pierre -- Marguerite Peloquin Felix -- Emmanuel Peloquin -- Felix Peloquin and Marie Pelletier. Marianne -- Joseph Savail -- Catherine Peloquin -- Felix Peloquin and Marie Pelletier

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Children of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL

Esther HUS dite COURNOYER

Born: 19 July 1812, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 4 January 1879, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN 28 September 1830 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Emelie COURNOYER

Born: 8 January 1814, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 30 November 1873, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Dominique GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE 2 July 1833 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre HUS COURNOYER

Born: 21 January 1816, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 15 December 1821, Sorel, Lower Canada

Sophie HUS COURNOYER

Born: 12 July 1817, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 6 June 1873, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS 28 January 1840 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Maxime HUS COURNOYER

Born: 17 June 1819, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 28 August 1897, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL 17 August 1847 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno HUS COURNOYER

Born: 20 March 1821, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 2 October 1902, , South Dakota, USA

Married: Julia CASTONYAR 1851 Place: Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Married: Mary Louise PICOTTE 1856 Place: Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Olive HUS COURNOYER

Born: 8 August 1822, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: François Xavier MANDEVILLE 3 November 1847 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Hedwidge HUS COURNOYER

Born: 24 September 1824, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 12 October 1904, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: François HUS LEMOINE 28 October 1851 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne HUS COURNOYER

Born: 7 November 1826, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 24 April 1879, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Paul-Napoleon RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) 6 October 1846 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marguerite HUS COURNOYER

Born: 22 June 1829, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 12 April 1906, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Married: Narcisse COURNOYER 26 November 1850 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre HUS COURNOYER

Born: 31 May 1832, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 15 October 1900, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Aurelie BIBEAU 31 August 1858 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Clemence COURNOYER

Born: 23 August 1834, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 18 December 1899, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph HUS LEMOINE 20 October 1857 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Paul HUS COURNOYER

Born: 14 July 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 4 August 1877, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Catherine HUS LEMOINE 1 August 1865 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1792
8 June 1792
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

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

1811 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne SALVAIL and Pierre HUS COURNOYER 4 November 1811, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 19 years old.

1811 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1812 Birth of Child
Esther HUS dite COURNOYER was born 19 July 1812, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 20 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Emelie COURNOYER was born 8 January 1814, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 21 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Pierre HUS COURNOYER was born 21 January 1816, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Sophie HUS COURNOYER was born 12 July 1817, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 25 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Maxime HUS COURNOYER was born 17 June 1819, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 27 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Bruno HUS COURNOYER was born 20 March 1821, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 28 years old.

1821 Death of Child
Pierre HUS COURNOYER died 15 December 1821, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 29 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Olive HUS COURNOYER was born 8 August 1822, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 30 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Hedwidge HUS COURNOYER was born 24 September 1824, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 32 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne HUS COURNOYER was born 7 November 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 34 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Birth of Child
Marguerite HUS COURNOYER was born 22 June 1829, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 37 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Marriage of Child
Esther HUS dite COURNOYER married 28 September 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN

1832 Birth of Child
Pierre HUS COURNOYER was born 31 May 1832, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 40 years old.

1833 Marriage of Child
Emelie COURNOYER married 2 July 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Dominique GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

1834 Birth of Child
Clemence COURNOYER was born 23 August 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 42 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

1837 Birth of Child
Paul HUS COURNOYER was born 14 July 1837, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 45 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Marriage of Child
Sophie HUS COURNOYER married 28 January 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS

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)

1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre HUS COURNOYER died 2 October 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne HUS COURNOYER married 6 October 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Paul-Napoleon RAJOTTE (RAGEOT)

1847 Marriage of Child
Maxime HUS COURNOYER married 17 August 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL

1847 Marriage of Child
Olive HUS COURNOYER married 3 November 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to François Xavier MANDEVILLE

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Marriage of Child
Marguerite HUS COURNOYER married 26 November 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Narcisse COURNOYER

1851 Marriage of Child
Hedwidge HUS COURNOYER married 28 October 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to François HUS LEMOINE

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

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Clemence COURNOYER married 20 October 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Joseph HUS LEMOINE

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Marriage of Child
Pierre HUS COURNOYER married 31 August 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Aurelie BIBEAU

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Paul HUS COURNOYER married 1 August 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Catherine HUS LEMOINE

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.