Charles BERNIER

(b. 24 August 1811 , L'Islet, Lower Canada d. 24 November 1900 , L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Charles BERNIER was born 24 August 1811 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Charles BERNIER was the child of Charles-Marie BERNIER and Marie-Julie JALBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BERNIER and Helene OUABART dite LANGLAIS (maternal) Noel GERBERT dit JALBERT and Euphrosine RICHARD

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

Charles married Osithee LANDRY 9 August 1842 in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Osithee LANDRY was born 22 April 1821 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Osithee was the child of Firmin LANDRY and Thecle OUELLET.

Charles BERNIER died 24 November 1900 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Charles BERNIER

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Charles BERNIER married

Osithee LANDRY-- Date: 9 August 1842 Place: Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East

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Osithee LANDRY was the child of Firmin LANDRY and Thecle OUELLET

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Children of Charles BERNIER and Osithee LANDRY:

Celanire BERNIER (b.17 January 1847, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East d. , )
m. Job TREMBLAY 24 February 1868 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Demerise BERNIER (b.11 October 1850, Les Escoumins, Canada d. , )
m. Elie TREMBLAY 21 November 1870 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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1811 Birth
24 August 1811
L'Islet, Lower Canada

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

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Charles BERNIER and Osithee LANDRY 9 August 1842, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

He was 30 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Celanire BERNIER was born 17 January 1847, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Charles was 35 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Demerise BERNIER was born 11 October 1850, Les Escoumins, Canada

Charles was 39 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.