Jean-Baptiste BERNIER

(b. 20 August 1731 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 21 December 1791 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BERNIER was born 20 August 1731 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BERNIER was the child of Alexandre BERNIER and Marie-Louise FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BERNIER and Marie Anne LEMIEUX (maternal) Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE 21 November 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE was born 21 September 1733 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Genevieve died 23 April 1792 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Genevieve was the child of Charles MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie-Madeleine AUBERT.

Jean-Baptiste BERNIER died 21 December 1791 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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

Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE-- Date: 21 November 1756 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE was the child of Charles MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie-Madeleine AUBERT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE:

Paul BERNIER (b.abt. 1766, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 February 1846, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East )
m. Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES 20 November 1792 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marguerite BERNIER (b.2 January 1772, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 July 1816, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Francois-Xavier GUIMOND 6 October 1789 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1731 Birth
20 August 1731
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE 21 November 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 25 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.

1772 Birth of Child
Marguerite BERNIER was born 2 January 1772, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BERNIER married 6 October 1789, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Francois-Xavier GUIMOND