Victoire BERNIER

(b. 3 March 1745 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1779 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Victoire BERNIER was born 3 March 1745 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Victoire BERNIER was the child of Charles BERNIER and Marie-Geneviève BELANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BERNIER and Marie Anne LEMIEUX (maternal) Pierre BELANGER and Geneviève LESSARD (LESSART)

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

Victoire married Louis LETOURNEAU 20 February 1764 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis LETOURNEAU was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis died 25 March 1784 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Antoine LETOURNEAU and Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS.

Victoire BERNIER died 5 April 1779 in Saint-Vallier, 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.

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Victoire BERNIER married

Louis LETOURNEAU-- Date: 20 February 1764 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis LETOURNEAU was the child of Antoine LETOURNEAU and Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS

Children of Louis LETOURNEAU and Victoire BERNIER:

Angélique LETOURNEAU (b.15 July 1769, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine ROY 17 April 1787 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Antoine LETOURNEAU (b.30 April 1771, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 April 1842, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Françoise MERCIER 19 April 1796 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

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1745 Birth
3 March 1745
L'Islet, 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
Victoire BERNIER and Louis LETOURNEAU 20 February 1764, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 18 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Angélique LETOURNEAU was born 15 July 1769, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Victoire was 24 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Antoine LETOURNEAU was born 30 April 1771, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Victoire was 26 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.