Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER

(b. 31 July 1762 , Sorel, Canada d. 29 August 1869 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER was born 31 July 1762 in Sorel, Canada

Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER was the child of Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER and Marie LETENDRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas-Ignace HUS COURNOYER and Brigitte-Agathe HUS MILET (MILLET) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE and Madeleine LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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

Marie-Madeleine married Pierre LAVALLEE 16 February 1801 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre LAVALLEE was born 9 March 1778 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre died 13 August 1854 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre was the child of Louis LAVALLEE and Marie-Louise GIGUERE dite DESPINS.

Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER died 29 August 1869 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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Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER married

Pierre LAVALLEE-- Date: 16 February 1801 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Pierre LAVALLEE was the child of Louis LAVALLEE and Marie-Louise GIGUERE dite DESPINS

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Children of Pierre LAVALLEE and Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER:

Paul LAVALLEE (b.abt. 1802, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 May 1877, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Angele BIBEAU 10 October 1820 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1762 Birth
31 July 1762
Sorel, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER and Pierre LAVALLEE 16 February 1801, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 38 years old.

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

1820 Marriage of Child
Paul LAVALLEE married 10 October 1820, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Angele BIBEAU

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)

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

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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre LAVALLEE died 13 August 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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.