Louise BERNIER

(b. 8 May 1743 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 3 September 1784 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louise BERNIER was born 8 May 1743 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Louise BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Claire FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BERNIER and Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY) (maternal) Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER

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

Louise married Jacques-Timothee FORTIN 16 January 1764 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jacques-Timothee FORTIN was born 25 July 1742 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jacques-Timothee died 1 November 1798 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jacques-Timothee was the child of Louis FORTIN and Madeleine L'ANGELIER.

Louise BERNIER died 3 September 1784 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Louise BERNIER married

Jacques-Timothee FORTIN-- Date: 16 January 1764 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques-Timothee FORTIN was the child of Louis FORTIN and Madeleine L'ANGELIER

Children of Jacques-Timothee FORTIN and Louise BERNIER:

Marie-Claire FORTIN (b.5 June 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 May 1812, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)
m. Jacques KIROUAC 15 January 1788 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Luc-Clement FORTIN (b.18 July 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 November 1847, Henryville, Canada East )
m. Marie-Madeleine GAUDREAU 4 April 1796 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise-Constant FORTIN (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Clement BERNIER 9 October 1798 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Françoise FORTIN (b.10 July 1780, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. François GAUDREAU 11 February 1806 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1743 Birth
8 May 1743
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Louise BERNIER and Jacques-Timothee FORTIN 16 January 1764, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 20 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Claire FORTIN was born 5 June 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louise was 23 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Luc-Clement FORTIN was born 18 July 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louise was 25 years old.

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.