Francois-Xavier BERNIER

(b. 27 October 1818 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada d. 20 September 1887 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Francois-Xavier BERNIER was born 27 October 1818 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Francois-Xavier BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Julie METIVIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Lambert BERNIER and Reine GAGNE (maternal) Louis-Marie METIVIER and Marie-Marthe BALAN dite LACOMBE

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

Francois-Xavier married Julie RINGUET 24 November 1840 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie RINGUET was born 22 December 1815 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Julie died 12 June 1889 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Julie was the child of Antoine RINGUET and Elisabeth LEMIEUX.

Francois-Xavier BERNIER died 20 September 1887 in Chicoutimi, 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 Francois-Xavier BERNIER

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Francois-Xavier BERNIER married

Julie RINGUET-- Date: 24 November 1840 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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Julie RINGUET was the child of Antoine RINGUET and Elisabeth LEMIEUX

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Children of Francois-Xavier BERNIER and Julie RINGUET:

Adele BERNIER (b.19 June 1850, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East d. 5 November 1898, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Thomas TREMBLAY 24 January 1870 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1818 Birth
27 October 1818
Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Xavier BERNIER and Julie RINGUET 24 November 1840, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 22 years old.

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

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)

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

1850 Birth of Child
Adele BERNIER was born 19 June 1850, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Francois-Xavier was 31 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.