flag male ancestor  René  BERNARD

  (b. 11 November 1663 Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1707 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )  

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René BERNARD was born 11 November 1663 in Port Royal, Acadia

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René  married  Madeleine DOUCET abt. 1690 in Acadia, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Madeleine DOUCET  was born August 1671 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Madeleine died 25 February 1740 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence).  Madeleine was the child of Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Henriette PELLETRET.

René BERNARD died abt. 1707 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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René BERNARD married flag female ancestor Madeleine DOUCET-- Date: abt. 1690 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Madeleine DOUCET was the child of Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Henriette PELLETRET


René Bernard, probably not kin to the other Bernards in the colony, came to Acadia during the late 1680s, perhaps at the behest of the seigneur of Chignecto. René married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Doucet and Henriette Pelletret, probably at Beaubassin in c1689. Madeleine gave René eight children, all born at Chignecto, including three sons who created families of their own.

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birth1663 Birth
11 November 1663
Port Royal, Acadia
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BERNARD - Strong or brave as a bear. Derived from the first name of German origin, 'Bernharding' was originally from the words 'beran' which means bear, and 'hardu' which means brave or strong. Other known spellings: BARNARD, BERNART, BERNDSEN, BERNHARD, BERNHARDT, BERNAERT

René Bernard was born around 1663 and seems to have arrived in Acadia after the 1686 census. He married Madeleine Doucet, daughter of Pierre and Henriette Pelleteret, in Beaubassin , Acadie, around 1689. He was then about 26 years old and she was 19. They had 8 children. He was a mason. In the census of 1698, he had 13 acres of land in value, 1 servant, 12 cattle, 10 ewes, 6 pigs and 1 rifle. He died between 1707 and 1709 in Acadia. Shortly after his death, his widow remarried Pierre Doiron.
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1692 Birth of Child
Joseph Charles BERNARD was born 1 July 1692, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

René was 28 years old.
Death
René Bernard died probably at Chignecto after 1707, in his mid- or late 40s.

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Added: 4/3/2015 4:42:28 PM - Updated: 11/29/2024 11:16:59 PM

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