Modeste BERNIER

(b. 24 March 1762 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 2 May 1836 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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Modeste BERNIER was born 24 March 1762 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada

Modeste BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie-Louise CHEVALIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Basile BERNIER and Marie-Josephe FORTIN (maternal) Rene-Lucien CHEVALIER and Genevieve RICHARD

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

Modeste married Francois CARON 19 January 1779 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois CARON was born 9 April 1750 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Francois died 12 March 1817 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Francois was the child of Louis CARON and Blanche-Genevieve PAMPALON dite LABRANCHE.

Modeste BERNIER died 2 May 1836 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Modeste BERNIER married

Francois CARON-- Date: 19 January 1779 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois CARON was the child of Louis CARON and Blanche-Genevieve PAMPALON dite LABRANCHE

Children of Francois CARON and Modeste BERNIER:

Prosper CARON (b.13 October 1793, L'Islet, Lower Canada d. 3 September 1851, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East)
m. Veronique DUBE 21 September 1818 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1762 Birth
24 March 1762
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Modeste BERNIER and Francois CARON 19 January 1779, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 16 years old.

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)

1793 Birth of Child
Prosper CARON was born 13 October 1793, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Modeste was 31 years old.

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

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