Pierre HUS COURNOYER

(b. 31 May 1832 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 15 October 1900 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre HUS COURNOYER was born 31 May 1832 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre HUS COURNOYER was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite PELOQUIN FELIX (maternal) Joseph SALVAIL and Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Aurelie BIBEAU 31 August 1858 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Aurelie BIBEAU was born 10 October 1832 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Aurelie was the child of Louis BIBEAU and Catherine HUS-LATRAVERSE.

Pierre HUS COURNOYER died 15 October 1900 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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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 Pierre HUS COURNOYER

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Pierre HUS COURNOYER married

Aurelie BIBEAU-- Date: 31 August 1858 Place: Sorel, Canada East
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Aurelie BIBEAU was the child of Louis BIBEAU and Catherine HUS-LATRAVERSE

St-Pierre

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Children of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Aurelie BIBEAU:

Adele HUS COURNOYER (b.10 September 1860, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Paul HUS COURNOYER (b.25 November 1863, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Pierre HUS COURNOYER (b.5 November 1864, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Eugene HUS COURNOYER (b.abt. 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

Alfred HUS COURNOYER (b.abt. 1870, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

Anna HUS COURNOYER (b.abt. 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1832 Birth
31 May 1832
Sorel, Lower Canada

Baptism

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The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Aurelie BIBEAU 31 August 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.

1858 marriage

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

1860 Birth of Child
Adele HUS COURNOYER was born 10 September 1860, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pierre was 28 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Paul HUS COURNOYER was born 25 November 1863, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 31 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Pierre HUS COURNOYER was born 5 November 1864, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 32 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.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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 - Sorel, Quebec
Name: Pierre Cournoyer
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Quebec
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Religion: Roman Catholic
French Canadian: Yes
Spouse's Name: Aurelie Cournoyer
Father's Birth Place: Quebec
Mother's Birth Place: Quebec
Province: Quebec
District Number: 180
District: Richelieu
Subdistrict: Sorel City

Household Members:
Name Age
Pierre Cournoyer 60
Aurelie Cournoyer 59
Pierre Cournoyer 26
Eugene Cournoyer 23
Alfred Cournoyer 20
Georgiana Cournoyer 17
1891 Canadian Census
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1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)