Marie-Claire BERNIER

(b. 27 March 1783 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 April 1830 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Claire BERNIER was born 27 March 1783 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Claire BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BERNIER and Catherine BOUCHARD (maternal) Louis-Marie DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Dorothee TALBOT dite GERVAIS

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

Marie-Claire married Jacques COUILLARD dit DESPRES 14 October 1800 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques COUILLARD dit DESPRES was born 14 September 1766 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Jacques died 4 March 1847 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Jacques was the child of Jacques COUILLARD dit DESPRES and Charlotte FOURNIER.

Marie-Claire BERNIER died 17 April 1830 in Montmagny, 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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Marie-Claire BERNIER married

Jacques COUILLARD dit DESPRES-- Date: 14 October 1800 Place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
Jacques COUILLARD dit DESPRES was the child of Jacques COUILLARD dit DESPRES and Charlotte FOURNIER

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Children of Jacques COUILLARD dit DESPRES and Marie-Claire BERNIER:

Flore-Marie COUILLARD dite DESPRES (b.15 February 1825, Montmagny, Lower Canada d. 19 May 1893, Montmagny, Québec, Canada )
m. Marcel CARON 19 February 1849 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1783 Birth
27 March 1783
L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Claire BERNIER and Jacques COUILLARD dit DESPRES 14 October 1800, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 17 years old.

1800 marriage

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Flore-Marie COUILLARD dite DESPRES was born 15 February 1825, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Claire was 41 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)