Emilie HUS COURNOYER

(b. 1 October 1840 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 20 March 1887 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Emilie HUS COURNOYER was born 1 October 1840 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Emilie HUS COURNOYER was the child of Louis HUS COURNOYER and Theotiste HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite PELOQUIN FELIX (maternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite-Josephe BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

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Emilie married Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX 9 January 1855 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX was born 31 August 1834 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Paul died 11 December 1897 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Paul was the child of Georges PELOQUIN and Catherine-Genevieve PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX.

Emilie HUS COURNOYER died 20 March 1887 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .

m. Paul Peloquin dit Felix
9 January 1855
Sorel (St-Pierre)

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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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Emilie HUS COURNOYER married

Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX-- Date: 9 January 1855 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX was the child of Georges PELOQUIN and Catherine-Genevieve PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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Children of Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Emilie HUS COURNOYER:

Elmire PELOQUIN (b.1 May 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. 7 May 1940, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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1840 Birth
1 October 1840
Sorel, Lower Canada

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Emilie HUS COURNOYER and Paul PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX 9 January 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 14 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.

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.