Catherine HUS COURNOYER

(b. 6 December 1802 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 1 May 1880 , Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine HUS COURNOYER was born 6 December 1802 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Catherine HUS COURNOYER was the child of Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Catherine PÉLOQUIN dite CRÉDIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER MILLET and Marie-Geneviève PELLETIER dite ANTAYA (maternal) Pierre PÉLOQUIN dit CRÉDIT and Catherine GAUTHIER DELISLE

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

Catherine married Antoine MONGEAU 23 January 1821 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine MONGEAU was born 13 June 1802 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Antoine died 23 February 1892 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Jean-Baptiste MONGEAU and Louise HUS MILET (MILLET) BEAUCHEMIN.

Catherine HUS COURNOYER died 1 May 1880 in Sainte-Anne-de-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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Catherine HUS COURNOYER married

Antoine MONGEAU-- Date: 23 January 1821 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Antoine MONGEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MONGEAU and Louise HUS MILET (MILLET) BEAUCHEMIN

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Children of Antoine MONGEAU and Catherine HUS COURNOYER:

Angele MONGEAU (b.26 February 1824, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Paul HUS COURNOYER 22 September 1840 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1802 Birth
6 December 1802
Sorel, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Catherine HUS COURNOYER and Antoine MONGEAU 23 January 1821, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 18 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Angele MONGEAU was born 26 February 1824, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 21 years old.

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Angele MONGEAU married 22 September 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Paul HUS COURNOYER

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.

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.