Barbe BERNIER

(b. 21 April 1757 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 13 November 1834 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Barbe BERNIER was born 21 April 1757 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Barbe 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)

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Barbe married Louis FOURNIER 30 August 1779 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis FOURNIER was born 18 March 1746 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louis was the child of Joseph FOURNIER and Marguerite LANGLOIS.

Barbe BERNIER died 13 November 1834 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Barbe BERNIER married

Louis FOURNIER-- Date: 30 August 1779 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis FOURNIER was the child of Joseph FOURNIER and Marguerite LANGLOIS

Children of Louis FOURNIER and Barbe BERNIER:

Marie-Claire FOURNIER (b.abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. François DAROIS (DEROY) 9 July 1811 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1757 Birth
21 April 1757
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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
Barbe BERNIER and Louis FOURNIER 30 August 1779, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 22 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)

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

1811 Marriage of Child
Marie-Claire FOURNIER married 9 July 1811, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to François DAROIS (DEROY)

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)

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England