Jean-Baptiste BERNIER

(b. abt. 1761 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 February 1803 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BERNIER was born abt. 1761 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BERNIER was the child of Andre-Benoni BERNIER and Josephte BOURDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre BERNIER and Francoise-Hilaire BERNARD (maternal) Dominique BORDEAU (BOURDEAU) and Marie-Madeleine PERRAS

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Jean-Baptiste married Elisabeth VILLENEUVE 11 February 1787 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth VILLENEUVE was born 24 November 1763 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Elisabeth died 29 July 1834 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Elisabeth was the child of Jean-François VILLENEUVE and Marie-Elisabeth JOBIN.

Jean-Baptiste BERNIER died 24 February 1803 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower 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.

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Jean-Baptiste BERNIER married

Elisabeth VILLENEUVE-- Date: 11 February 1787 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Elisabeth VILLENEUVE was the child of Jean-François VILLENEUVE and Marie-Elisabeth JOBIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Elisabeth VILLENEUVE:

Joseph BERNIER (b.7 July 1801, Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada d. 6 August 1844, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East )
m. Josephte LEBEL dite BEAULIEU 16 January 1822 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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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.

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.