Marie-Antoinette BERNIER

(b. 15 February 1741 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 22 August 1822 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Antoinette BERNIER was born 15 February 1741 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Antoinette BERNIER was the child of Joseph-Marie BERNIER and Marie-Claire FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe BERNIER and Ursule CARON (maternal) Louis FORTIN and Anne BOSSE

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

Marie-Antoinette married Jacques RODRIGUE 28 April 1766 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques RODRIGUE was born 20 April 1744 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jacques died 10 December 1815 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Jacques was the child of Jacques RODRIGUE and Marie-Madeleine LEMIEUX.

Marie-Antoinette BERNIER died 22 August 1822 in L'Islet, 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-Antoinette BERNIER married

Jacques RODRIGUE-- Date: 28 April 1766 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques RODRIGUE was the child of Jacques RODRIGUE and Marie-Madeleine LEMIEUX

Children of Jacques RODRIGUE and Marie-Antoinette BERNIER:

Rosalie RODRIGUE (b.19 February 1773, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph SIMARD 25 November 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1741 Birth
15 February 1741
Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Antoinette BERNIER and Jacques RODRIGUE 28 April 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 25 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Rosalie RODRIGUE was born 19 February 1773, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Antoinette was 32 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)

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Rosalie RODRIGUE married 25 November 1794, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph SIMARD

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