Brief Life History of Herménégilde
When Herménégilde Morency was born on 29 July 1825, in Trois-Pistoles, Témiscouata, Quebec, Canada, his father, Joseph Baucher Morency, was 25 and his mother, Charlotte Ouellet, was 27. He married Angèle Dubé on 25 November 1845, in Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-L'Isle-Verte, Témiscouata, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Saint-Éloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada in 1861. He died in 1914, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 89.
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- Hermes Morency, "Quebec Census, 1861"
- Hermenegilde en tant qu’entrée de Joseph Morency, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Hernenegilde Morency in entry for Angele Dube Morency, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1836 · City of Salem Incorporated
On March 23, 1836, the city of Salem, Massachusetts was incorporated and three years later adopted a seal and motto
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Fernand, Gisele, Jacques, Laurent, Normand, Adrien, Amedee, Armand, Auguste, Carmelle, Cecile, Chantale.
French: shortened form of Montmorency, a habitational name from a place so named in Val-d'Oise, from Latin Mons Maurentiacum, from mons ‘mountain’ and the personal name Maurentius + suffix -acum. This surname is also common in Haiti, while in France it is very rare (it is found in Nord).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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