Marguerite BERNIER

(b. 22 September 1768 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 March 1838 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite BERNIER was born 22 September 1768 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie Marguerite Louise LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Isidore BERNIER and Ursule-Catherine BELLEAU (maternal) Antoine LANDRY and Anne CORMIER

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste POITRAS 25 October 1785 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste POITRAS was born 18 September 1762 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Jean-Baptiste died 12 May 1827 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph POITRAS and Marie-Josephte GARNEAU.

Marguerite BERNIER died 26 March 1838 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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Marguerite BERNIER married

Jean-Baptiste POITRAS-- Date: 25 October 1785 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste POITRAS was the child of Joseph POITRAS and Marie-Josephte GARNEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste POITRAS and Marguerite BERNIER:

Marie-Claire POITRAS (b.abt. 1799, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Herculin CARLOS 21 February 1819 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1768 Birth
22 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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BERNIER and Jean-Baptiste POITRAS 25 October 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 17 years old.

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)

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Marie-Claire POITRAS married 21 February 1819, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Herculin CARLOS

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England