Paul HUS COURNOYER

Born

14 July 1837 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

4 August 1877 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Pierre HUS COURNOYER Marie-Anne SALVAIL

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Born: 14 July 1837 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre HUS COURNOYER

Mother: Marie-Anne SALVAIL

Paternal grandparents: Pierre HUS COURNOYER , Marguerite PELOQUIN FELIX

Maternal grandparents: Joseph SALVAIL , Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Paul married Catherine HUS LEMOINE 1 August 1865 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Catherine HUS LEMOINE was born 26 February 1844 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine died 2 July 1913 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA. Catherine was the child of Charles HUS LEMOINE and Louise BERGERON.

Paul HUS COURNOYER died 4 August 1877 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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Paul HUS COURNOYER married

Catherine HUS LEMOINE
Marriage date: 1 August 1865
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East

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Catherine HUS LEMOINE was the child of Charles HUS LEMOINE and Louise BERGERON

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Children of Paul HUS COURNOYER and Catherine HUS LEMOINE

Paul COURNOYER

Born: 24 July 1866, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 10 May 1869, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Charles COURNOYER

Born: 11 April 1869, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Emmanuel COURNOYER

Born: 5 January 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 13 January 1940, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada

Napoléon-Paul COURNOYER

Born: 14 August 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1837
14 July 1837
Sorel, Lower Canada

Baptism

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Paul HUS COURNOYER and Catherine HUS LEMOINE 1 August 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 28 years old.

1865 marriage

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The French In North America: 1500-1783

1866 Birth of Child
Paul COURNOYER was born 24 July 1866, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Paul was 29 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.