When Pierre Cournoyer was born on 4 April 1829, in Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada, his father, Jean Baptiste Cournoyer HUS, was 38 and his mother, Françoise St Martin, was 29. He married Ruth Clarissa Carter on 2 May 1856, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and West Point, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1870. He died on 29 June 1887, in Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States.
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French Canadian: topographic name for someone living at a farm with a walnut tree in the farmyard, from French cour(t) ‘court, farmyard’ (see Court ) + noyer ‘walnut tree’. Compare Courneya .
History: This surname was originally a secondary surname or dit (‘also called’) name, borne Pierre Hus dit Cournoyer from QC (a son of Paul Hus from Montigny in Seine-Maritime, France; see Hus ), who married Jeanne Vanet in QC in 1700. His descendants also bear altered forms of the former secondary surname, such as Courneya, and also the surname Paulette .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesPeter Cornia (taken from History of Woodruff) Peter Cornia was born April 4, 1829, Sorel, Richlieu, Quebec, Canada, christened Pierre, son of Jean Baptiste Cournoyer and Frnacoise St. Martin. (B …
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