Pierre-Pascal HUS COURNOYER

(b. 15 November 1827 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 30 December 1909 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Pascal HUS COURNOYER was born 15 November 1827 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre-Pascal HUS COURNOYER was the child of Pascal HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite SALVAIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Françoise HUS COURNOYER (maternal) Joseph SALVAIL and Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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

Pierre-Pascal married Marie-Anne CHEVALIER 30 January 1855 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne CHEVALIER was born abt. 1830 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER and Marie-Angelique PLANTE.

Pierre-Pascal HUS COURNOYER died 30 December 1909 in Saint-Robert, 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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Pierre-Pascal HUS COURNOYER married

Marie-Anne CHEVALIER-- Date: 30 January 1855 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East
Marie-Anne CHEVALIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER and Marie-Angelique PLANTE

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Children of Pierre-Pascal HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne CHEVALIER:

Marie HUS COURNOYER (b.abt. 1856, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 February 1901, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis-Philippe LEMOINE 1 August 1876 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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1827 Birth
15 November 1827
Sorel, Lower Canada

Baptism

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Pascal HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne CHEVALIER 30 January 1855, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 27 years old.

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)

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.

1876 Marriage of Child
Marie HUS COURNOYER married 1 August 1876, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada to Louis-Philippe LEMOINE

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 - 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)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1901 Death of Child
Marie HUS COURNOYER died 28 February 1901, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre-Pascal was 73 years old.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 Death
30 December 1909
Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 82.

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