Madeleine BERNIER

(b. 19 May 1742 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1784 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine BERNIER was born 19 May 1742 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Madeleine BERNIER was the child of Pierre BERNIER and Marie-Louise GUIMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BERNIER and Marie Anne LEMIEUX (maternal) Joseph-François GUIMOND and Elisabeth FORTIN

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

Madeleine married Joseph-Marie LAVOIE 2 July 1764 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie LAVOIE was born 20 August 1731 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph-Marie died 11 August 1799 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Joseph-Marie was the child of Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte FILION.

Madeleine BERNIER died 4 January 1784 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine BERNIER married

Joseph-Marie LAVOIE-- Date: 2 July 1764 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie LAVOIE was the child of Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte FILION

Children of Joseph-Marie LAVOIE and Madeleine BERNIER:

Michel LAVOIE (b.4 July 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 May 1826, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite ARBOUR 27 February 1786 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1742 Birth
19 May 1742
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BERNIER and Joseph-Marie LAVOIE 2 July 1764 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 22 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Michel LAVOIE was born 4 July 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Madeleine was 23 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.