Elisabeth BERNIER

(b. 30 September 1704 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1782 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Elisabeth BERNIER was born 30 September 1704 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Elisabeth BERNIER was the child of Charles BERNIER and Marie Anne LEMIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BERNIER and Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER) (maternal) Guillaume LEMIEUX and Elisabeth LANGLOIS

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

Elisabeth married Joseph JONCAS 5 November 1725 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph JONCAS was born 15 March 1702 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Joseph was the child of Pierre JONCAS and Louise NOLIN.

Elisabeth BERNIER died 21 January 1782 in Montmagny, Province of 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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Elisabeth BERNIER married

Joseph JONCAS-- Date: 5 November 1725 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Joseph JONCAS was the child of Pierre JONCAS and Louise NOLIN

Children of Joseph JONCAS and Elisabeth BERNIER:

Louis JONCAS (b.29 May 1738, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1805, Montmagny, Lower Canada )
m. Louise COUILLARD 10 November 1760 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1704 Birth
30 September 1704
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1725 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth BERNIER and Joseph JONCAS 5 November 1725, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 21 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Louis JONCAS was born 29 May 1738, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Elisabeth was 33 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage of Child
Louis JONCAS married 10 November 1760, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Louise COUILLARD

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.