Narcisse COURNOYER

(b. 25 October 1828 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 22 September 1894 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada )

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Narcisse COURNOYER was born 25 October 1828 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Narcisse COURNOYER was the child of Charles HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite HUS MILET (MILLET) (maternal) Joseph-Marie BOUCHER and Marie-Josephte MARQUET CHEVALIER PÉRIGORD

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

Narcisse married Marguerite HUS COURNOYER 26 November 1850 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marguerite HUS COURNOYER was born 22 June 1829 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marguerite died 12 April 1906 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL.

Narcisse COURNOYER died 22 September 1894 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada.
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Narcisse COURNOYER married

Marguerite HUS COURNOYER-- Date: 26 November 1850 Place: Sorel, Canada East
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Marguerite HUS COURNOYER was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL

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Children of Narcisse COURNOYER and Marguerite HUS COURNOYER:

Narcisse COURNOYER (b.5 August 1852, Sorel, Canada East d. 28 October 1892, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Edesse LEMOINE 24 February 1879 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Pierre COURNOYER (b.31 July 1854, Sorel, Canada East d. 17 February 1925, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)
m. Geneviève COURNOYER 30 October 1882 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Rose-Delima COURNOYER (b.30 August 1855, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Paul COURNOYER (b.4 March 1857, Saint-Robert, Canada East d. , )

Hilaire COURNOYER (b.13 August 1858, Saint-Robert, Canada East d. 16 August 1885, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)

Exerile COURNOYER (b.19 May 1862, Saint-Robert, Canada East d. 20 June 1914, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)
m. Paul-Napoleon COURNOYER 7 November 1881 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Louis-Philippe COURNOYER (b.25 July 1862, Saint-Robert, Canada East d. , )

Edesse COURNOYER (b.27 August 1863, Saint-Robert, Canada East d. 27 February 1875, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)

Philomène COURNOYER (b.abt. 1866, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Louis-Philippe COURNOYER (b.14 July 1867, Saint-Robert, Canada East d. , )

Félix COURNOYER (b.abt. 1868, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 May 1873, , Québec Province, Canada )

Joseph COURNOYER (b.4 May 1869, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Agnes THEROUX 16 November 1891 in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket)

Elmire COURNOYER (b.24 May 1873, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1828 Birth
25 October 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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Narcisse COURNOYER and Marguerite HUS COURNOYER 26 November 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

1850 marriage

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

1852 Birth of Child
Narcisse COURNOYER was born 5 August 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Narcisse was 23 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Pierre COURNOYER was born 31 July 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Narcisse was 25 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Rose-Delima COURNOYER was born 30 August 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Narcisse was 26 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Paul COURNOYER was born 4 March 1857, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 28 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Hilaire COURNOYER was born 13 August 1858, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 29 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Exerile COURNOYER was born 19 May 1862, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 33 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Louis-Philippe COURNOYER was born 25 July 1862, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 33 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Edesse COURNOYER was born 27 August 1863, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 34 years old.

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

1867 Birth of Child
Louis-Philippe COURNOYER was born 14 July 1867, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 38 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Birth of Child
Joseph COURNOYER was born 4 May 1869, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 40 years old.

1873 Death of Child
Félix COURNOYER died 2 May 1873, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Narcisse was 44 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Elmire COURNOYER was born 24 May 1873, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 44 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Death of Child
Edesse COURNOYER died 27 February 1875, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 46 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Narcisse COURNOYER married 24 February 1879, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada to Marie-Edesse LEMOINE

1881 Marriage of Child
Exerile COURNOYER married 7 November 1881, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada to Paul-Napoleon COURNOYER

1882 Marriage of Child
Pierre COURNOYER married 30 October 1882, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada to Geneviève COURNOYER

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Death of Child
Hilaire COURNOYER died 16 August 1885, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 56 years old.

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 - St Robert, Quebec
Name: Narcisse Cournoyer
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Quebec
Relation to Head-of-house: pere (Father)
Religion: Roman Catholic
French Canadian: Yes
Spouse's Name: Marguerite Cournoyer
Father's Birth Place: Quebec
Mother's Birth Place: Quebec
Province: Quebec
District Number: 180
District: Richelieu
Subdistrict: St Robert

Household Members:
Name Age
Narcisse Cournoyer 38
Marguerite Cournoyer 62
Maria Cournoyer 11
Merenciame Cournoyer 9
Delia Cournoyer 7
Dianna Cournoyer 1/ 12
Pierre Cournoyer 4
Prisque Cournoyer 2
Narcisse Cournoyer 62
Edesse Cournoyer 36
1891 Canadian Census
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1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1891 Marriage of Child
Joseph COURNOYER married 16 November 1891, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket) to Agnes THEROUX

1892 Death of Child
Narcisse COURNOYER died 28 October 1892, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 64 years old.

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 Death
22 September 1894
Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 65.

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