Maxime
HUS COURNOYER
Born
17 June 1819
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
Died
28 August 1897
,
Sorel, Québec, Canada
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Maxime HUS COURNOYER
Maxime HUS COURNOYER married 
Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL
Marriage date: 17 August 1847
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL was the child of Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Marie-Anne BIBEAU
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇALMarriage date: 17 August 1847
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL was the child of Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Marie-Anne BIBEAU
Marriage notes:
St-Pierre
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Maxime HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL
Philomene COURNOYER
Born: 15 February 1857, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 28 July 1913, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 28 July 1913, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Married: Felix PAUL HUS 9 July 1878 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada
Narcisse-Pierre COURNOYER
Born: 20 September 1860, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 12 March 1911, Coleman, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada
Died: 12 March 1911, Coleman, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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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 — 181917 June 1819
Sorel, Lower Canada
Baptism
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1847 Marriage / PartnerMaxime HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL 17 August 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
He was 28 years old.
1847 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1848 Birth of ChildPaul COURNOYER was born 21 May 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 28 years old.
1850 Birth of ChildMarie COURNOYER was born 25 February 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 30 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1852 Birth of ChildPierre COURNOYER was born 10 January 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 32 years old.
1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1854 Birth of ChildAurélie COURNOYER was born 11 March 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 34 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1857 Birth of ChildPhilomene COURNOYER was born 15 February 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 37 years old.
1858 Birth of ChildBruno COURNOYER was born 18 April 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 38 years old.
1860 Birth of ChildNarcisse-Pierre COURNOYER was born 20 September 1860, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 41 years old.
1863 Birth of ChildDélima-Rose COURNOYER was born 13 May 1863, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 43 years old.
1865 Birth of ChildOlivier COURNOYER was born 28 September 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 46 years old.
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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1868 Birth of ChildMarie-Délia COURNOYER was born 15 January 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 48 years old.
1870 Birth of ChildAdèle COURNOYER was born 6 September 1870, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 51 years old.
1871 Death of ChildAdèle COURNOYER died 17 August 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 52 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1874 Birth of ChildCharles COURNOYER was born 21 August 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 55 years old.
1878 Marriage of ChildPhilomene COURNOYER married 9 July 1878, Sorel, Québec, Canada to Felix PAUL HUS
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1880 Marriage of ChildPierre COURNOYER married 3 February 1880, Sorel, Québec, Canada to Josephine COURNOYER
1883 Death of ChildMarie-Délia COURNOYER died 3 March 1883, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Maxime was 63 years old.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Death — 189728 August 1897
Sorel, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 78.
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Ste-Anne-de-Sorel, Quebec
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