Paul COURNOYER

Born

abt. 1854 , Canada

Died

26 September 1930 , Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph COURNOYER Marguerite MONGEAU

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Born: abt. 1854 in Canada

Father: Joseph COURNOYER

Mother: Marguerite MONGEAU

Paternal grandparents: Denis HUS COURNOYER , Marie-Josephte HUS LATRAVERSE

Maternal grandparents: François-Xavier MONGEAU , Marguerite HUS LEMOINE

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Paul married Elmire LAFOREST 21 November 1876 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elmire LAFOREST was born 15 December 1859 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East . Elmire died 5 October 1944 in Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Quebec, Canada. Elmire was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Edese GODIN.

Paul COURNOYER died 26 September 1930 in Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Quebec, Canada.

son of Joseph Cournoyer and Marguerite Mongeau

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Paul COURNOYER married

Elmire LAFOREST
Marriage date: 21 November 1876
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada
Elmire LAFOREST was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Edese GODIN

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Paul COURNOYER and Elmire LAFOREST

George Alfred COURNOYER

Born: 11 April 1879, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada
Died: 27 July 1950, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mathilde RENAUD 19 June 1911 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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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 Marriage / Partner
Paul COURNOYER and Elmire LAFOREST 21 November 1876, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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)

1879 Birth of Child
George Alfred COURNOYER was born 11 April 1879, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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

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)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 Marriage of Child
George Alfred COURNOYER married 19 June 1911, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Mathilde RENAUD

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada