Pierre Cournoyer

Brief Life History of Pierre

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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Family Time Line

Pierre Cournoyer
1829–1887
Ruth Clarissa Carter
1836–1920
Marriage: 2 May 1856
Clarissa Amelia Cornia
1857–1920
Peter Carlos Cornia Sr
1859–1940
Daniel Carter Cornia Sr
1861–1933
Frances Cordelia Cornia
1863–1864
Osro Cornia
1865–1865
Orson Cornia
1865–1925
John Melvin Cornia
1867–1928
Harriet Cornia
1869–1955
Enoch Cornia
1871–1962
Edward Cornia
1873–1944
Zoe Cornia
1876–1913
James Cornia
1882–1882

Sources (79)

  • Peter Cornin, Nevada, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Peter Cornia in the Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

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.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

Name Meaning

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.

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Peter Cornia

Peter 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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