Hubert Vaillancourt

Brief Life History of Hubert

When Hubert Vaillancourt was born on 26 June 1851, in New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Guillaume Vaillancourt, was 33 and his mother, Marie Rosalie Gendreau, was 40. He lived in Fort Victoria, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1891 and Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901. He died on 9 May 1929, in St. Basile 10, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Guillaume Vaillancourt
1818–1903
Marie Rosalie Gendreau
1810–1889
Flavie Vaillancourt
1844–1845
Solomon Vaillancourt
1846–1880
Flavie Vaillancourt
1848–1918
Gilbert Vaillancourt
1849–1929
Hubert Vaillancourt
1851–1929
Mary or Marie Vaillancourt
1853–1940
Hermine Vaillancourt
1855–

Sources (5)

  • Hubert Vaillancourt in household of William Vaillancourt, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Hubert Vaillancourt, "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938"
  • Hubert Vaillancour in household of William Vaillancour, "Canada Census, 1871"

World Events (4)

1867 · British North America Act

The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.

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1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire

On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Andre, Marcel, Armand, Gaston, Lucien, Normand, Adrien, Arsene, Fernand, Gilles, Girard.

Altered form (via Villencourt) of French Willencourt: habitational name from Willencourt, a place in Pas-de-Calais, derived from medieval Latin Willani curtis, denoting an estate of a certain Willo. The surname Willencourt is very rare in France.

History: Robert Vaillancourt/Villencourt from Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont in Seine-Maritime, France, married Marie Gobeil in Château-Richer, QC, in 1668.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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