Alphonsine BERNIER

(b. 19 September 1864 , L'Islet, Canada East d. 17 July 1947 , Killingly, Connecticut, USA )

Am I Your Ancestor?
BERNIER Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Alphonsine BERNIER was born 19 September 1864 in L'Islet, Canada East

Alphonsine BERNIER was the child of François BERNIER and Marie-Palmire BELANGER

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

Alphonsine married Henry Joseph LAJEUNESSE . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henry Joseph LAJEUNESSE was born 03/29/1882 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Henry Joseph died 26 May 1954 in Brooklyn, Connecticut, USA. Henry Joseph was the child of Joseph-Antoine LAJEUNESSE and Marie HALDE.

Alphonsine BERNIER died 17 July 1947 in Killingly, Connecticut, USA .

photo/ portrait (above) from ancestry.com

Details of the family tree of Alphonsine appear below.

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.

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Family and Children of Alphonsine BERNIER

[Hide/Show]

Alphonsine BERNIER married

Henry Joseph LAJEUNESSE-- Place:
Henry Joseph LAJEUNESSE was the child of Joseph-Antoine LAJEUNESSE and Marie HALDE

Children of Henry Joseph LAJEUNESSE and Alphonsine BERNIER:

Henry Anthony LAJEUNESSE YOUNG (b.February, 28, 1904, Goodyear, Windham County, Connecticut, USA d. November, 4, 1987, Norwich, Connecticut, USA )
m. Evelyn Louise CREDIT

Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Alphonsine BERNIER
(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)

[Hide/Show]

Discovering the Ancestry of Alphonsine BERNIER: Events, Photos & Historical Records

1864 Birth
19 September 1864
L'Islet, Canada East

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 Birth of Child
Henry Anthony LAJEUNESSE YOUNG was born February, 28, 1904, Goodyear, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

Alphonsine was 39 years old.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.