Luce COURNOYER

(b. 18 May 1828 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 10 October 1877 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada )

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Luce COURNOYER was born 18 May 1828 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Luce COURNOYER was the child of François HUS COURNOYER and Catherine CAPLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Charlotte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX (maternal) Joseph CAPLET and Marguerite ALLARD

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

Luce married Felix HUS LEMOINE 13 January 1849 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felix HUS LEMOINE was born 10 March 1828 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Felix died 25 November 1907 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada. Felix was the child of Nicolas HUS LEMOINE and Catherine PLANTE.

Luce COURNOYER died 10 October 1877 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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Luce COURNOYER married

Felix HUS LEMOINE-- Date: 13 January 1849 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Felix HUS LEMOINE was the child of Nicolas HUS LEMOINE and Catherine PLANTE

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Children of Felix HUS LEMOINE and Luce COURNOYER:

Marie LEMOINE (b.4 February 1852, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. , )
m. Clement PELOQUIN 3 February 1874 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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1828 Birth
18 May 1828
Sorel, Lower Canada

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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Luce COURNOYER and Felix HUS LEMOINE 13 January 1849, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Marie LEMOINE was born 4 February 1852, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Luce was 23 years old.

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)

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.