Julie MASSE

(b. 1 September 1804 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada d. 4 August 1854 , Sorel, Canada East )

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Julie MASSE was born 1 September 1804 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Julie MASSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ and Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ and Marie-Ursule HUS COURNOYER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DÉSORCY dit LINCOUR and Marie-Thérèse BERARD dite LEPINE

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

Julie married Benoni HUS COURNOYER 8 August 1826 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Benoni HUS COURNOYER was born 17 September 1803 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Benoni died 5 May 1886 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Benoni was the child of Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Françoise HUS COURNOYER.

Julie MASSE died 4 August 1854 in Sorel, Canada East .
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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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Julie MASSE married

Benoni HUS COURNOYER-- Date: 8 August 1826 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Benoni HUS COURNOYER was the child of Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Françoise HUS COURNOYER

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Children of Benoni HUS COURNOYER and Julie MASSE:

Julie HUS COURNOYER (b.2 March 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph HUS PAUL 23 February 1857 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1804 Birth
1 September 1804
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Julie MASSE and Benoni HUS COURNOYER 8 August 1826, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She was 21 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Julie HUS COURNOYER was born 2 March 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Julie was 28 years old.

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)