Hedwidge
HUS COURNOYER
Born
24 September 1824
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
Died
12 October 1904
,
Sorel, Québec, Canada
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Hedwidge HUS COURNOYER
Hedwidge HUS COURNOYER married 
François HUS LEMOINE
Marriage date: 28 October 1851
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
François HUS LEMOINE was the child of François HUS LEMOINE and Marie-Theotiste LAMBERT
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
François HUS LEMOINEMarriage date: 28 October 1851
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
François HUS LEMOINE was the child of François HUS LEMOINE and Marie-Theotiste LAMBERT
Marriage notes:
St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Québec
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 François HUS LEMOINE and Hedwidge HUS COURNOYER
Louis-Philippe LEMOINE
Born: 17 October 1854, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Marie HUS COURNOYER 1 August 1876 Place: Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada
Marie-Edwidge LEMOINE
Born: 10 April 1856, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Narcisse-Zotique FORCIER 10 July 1877 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada
Victoire LEMOINE
Born: 9 February 1861, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,
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Married: Maxime PELOQUIN 13 February 1899 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada
Exerile LEMOINE
Born: 5 July 1862, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Moise VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE 2 April 1883 Place: Sorel, Québec, 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 — 182424 September 1824
Sorel, Lower Canada
Baptism
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1830 - 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)
1851 Marriage / PartnerHedwidge HUS COURNOYER and François HUS LEMOINE 28 October 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
She was 27 years old.
1851 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1853 Birth of ChildMarie HUS LEMOINE was born 29 July 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 28 years old.
1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1854 Death of ChildMarie HUS LEMOINE died 1 June 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 29 years old.
1854 Birth of ChildLouis-Philippe LEMOINE was born 17 October 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 30 years old.
1856 Birth of ChildMarie-Edwidge LEMOINE was born 10 April 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 31 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1857 Birth of ChildFrançois HUS LEMOINE was born 24 July 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 32 years old.
1859 Birth of ChildMathilde HUS LEMOINE was born 16 February 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 34 years old.
1859 Death of ChildFrançois HUS LEMOINE died 20 February 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 34 years old.
1861 Birth of ChildVictoire LEMOINE was born 9 February 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 36 years old.
1862 Birth of ChildExerile LEMOINE was born 5 July 1862, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 37 years old.
1865 Birth of ChildCyrile LEMOINE was born 1 August 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 40 years old.
1866 Birth of ChildCyrile LEMOINE was born 27 September 1866, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 42 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 Canada1867 Death of ChildCyrile LEMOINE died 23 October 1867, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 43 years old.
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1875 Death of ChildMarie-Odile HUS LEMOINE died 1 January 1875, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Hedwidge was 50 years old.
1876 Marriage of ChildLouis-Philippe LEMOINE married 1 August 1876, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada to Marie HUS COURNOYER
1877 Marriage of ChildMarie-Edwidge LEMOINE married 10 July 1877, Sorel, Québec, Canada to Narcisse-Zotique FORCIER
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1883 Marriage of ChildExerile LEMOINE married 2 April 1883, Sorel, Québec, Canada to Moise VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE
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 Canada1899 Marriage of ChildVictoire LEMOINE married 13 February 1899, Sorel, Québec, Canada to Maxime PELOQUIN
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Death
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Death — 190412 October 1904
Sorel, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 80.
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