flag male ancestor  Joseph  BERNIER

  (b. 20 August 1781 L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 23 February 1855 Québec, Canada East )  

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Joseph BERNIER was born 20 August 1781 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER   and   Marie-Claire GUYON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie-Louise LANGLOIS (maternal)  Joseph-Joachim GUYON and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER

Joseph BERNIER died 23 February 1855 in Québec, Canada East .





m. Guimond Marie-Claire


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Did You Know? 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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birth1781 Birth
20 August 1781
L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1855 Death
23 February 1855
Québec, Canada East

He died at the age of 73.


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