Jacques BERNARD

(b. 17 February 1733 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1790 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jacques BERNARD was born 17 February 1733 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jacques BERNARD was the child of Pierre BERNARD and Marie-Genevieve GIROUX and the grandchild of: (maternal) Raphaël GIROUX and Marie-Madeleine VACHON

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

Jacques married Thérèse LEFEBVRE 29 January 1753 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse LEFEBVRE was born 19 May 1734 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Thérèse died 18 June 1766 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Thérèse was the child of Joseph-Charles LEFEBVRE and Anne-Marguerite BOURBEAU.

Jacques married (2) Marthe FRADET 16 November 1767 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marthe FRADET was born 1 March 1744 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marthe died 19 March 1786 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marthe was the child of Jacques FRADET and Therese HAYOT (AYOTTE).

Jacques BERNARD died 17 April 1790 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Fradet Marthe
m. Lefebvre Therese

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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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Jacques BERNARD married

Thérèse LEFEBVRE-- Date: 29 January 1753 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Thérèse LEFEBVRE was the child of Joseph-Charles LEFEBVRE and Anne-Marguerite BOURBEAU

Children of Jacques BERNARD and Thérèse LEFEBVRE:

Charlotte BERNARD (b.1 February 1762, Saint-Vallier, Canada d. 30 June 1834, Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada)
m. Eustache FORTIN 10 July 1786 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques BERNARD married

Marthe FRADET-- Date: 16 November 1767 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Marthe FRADET was the child of Jacques FRADET and Therese HAYOT (AYOTTE)

Children of Jacques BERNARD and Marthe FRADET:

Celeste BERNARD (b.4 August 1781, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 October 1858, St-André Avelin, Quebec, Canada)
m. Etienne GUENETTE 1 October 1804 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1733 Birth
17 February 1733
Québec, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BERNARD and Thérèse LEFEBVRE 29 January 1753, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 19 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Charlotte BERNARD was born 1 February 1762, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 28 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1766 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thérèse LEFEBVRE died 18 June 1766, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

1767 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BERNARD and Marthe FRADET 16 November 1767, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 34 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.