Julie BERNIER

(b. 7 February 1839 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 15 November 1871 , Saint-Justin, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada )

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Julie BERNIER was born 7 February 1839 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Julie BERNIER was the child of ? and ?

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Julie married Francois GAGNON 4 February 1856 in Maskinongé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois GAGNON was born 24 March 1828 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Francois died 25 August 1909 in Gladstone, Delta, Michigan, USA.

Julie BERNIER died 15 November 1871 in Saint-Justin, Maskinongé, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Julie BERNIER married

Francois GAGNON-- Date: 4 February 1856 Place: Maskinongé, Canada East

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Children of Francois GAGNON and Julie BERNIER:

Pierre "Peter" GAGNON (b.December 1860, St-Justin, Quebec, Canada d. 19 October 1931, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Anna AYOTTE 27 March 1883 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1839 Birth
7 February 1839
Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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

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)

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

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

1856 Marriage / Partner
Julie BERNIER and Francois GAGNON 4 February 1856, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

She was 17 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Pierre "Peter" GAGNON was born December 1860, St-Justin, Quebec, Canada

Julie was 21 years old.

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.