Marie-Genevieve DUPONT

(b. 3 September 1768 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 July 1830 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Genevieve DUPONT was born 3 September 1768 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Genevieve DUPONT was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin DUPONT and Marie Anne GIROUARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel-Marie DUPONT and Marie-Angelique MORNEAU (maternal) Germain Jacques GIROUARD and Marie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

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

Marie-Genevieve married Isidore BERNIER 19 June 1787 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isidore BERNIER was born abt. 1758 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Isidore died 27 December 1855 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Isidore was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie-Louise LANGLOIS.

Marie-Genevieve DUPONT died 23 July 1830 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-Genevieve DUPONT married

Isidore BERNIER-- Date: 19 June 1787 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Isidore BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie-Louise LANGLOIS

Children of Isidore BERNIER and Marie-Genevieve DUPONT:

Jacques BERNIER (b.22 February 1792, L'Islet, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Euphrosine DAIGNEAU dite LAPRISE 15 October 1811 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1768 Birth
3 September 1768
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve DUPONT and Isidore BERNIER 19 June 1787, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 18 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Jacques BERNIER was born 22 February 1792, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Genevieve was 23 years old.

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

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

1811 Marriage of Child
Jacques BERNIER married 15 October 1811, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Marie-Euphrosine DAIGNEAU dite LAPRISE

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