Francois BERNIER

Born

24 February 1783 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 August 1856 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste BERNIER Marie-Claire GUYON

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Born: 24 February 1783 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BERNIER

Mother: Marie-Claire GUYON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BERNIER , Marie-Louise LANGLOIS

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Joachim GUYON , Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER

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Francois married Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER 6 February 1815 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER was born 9 March 1793 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada . Marie-Elisabeth died 26 June 1856 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East . Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Jacques-Bonaventure BERNIER and Marie-Elisabeth CARON.

Francois BERNIER died 18 August 1856 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East .

m. Bernier Marie-Elisabeth

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Recorded occupation: Forgeron

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France

Spouse & Children of Francois BERNIER

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Francois BERNIER married

Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER
Marriage date: 6 February 1815
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada
Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER was the child of Jacques-Bonaventure BERNIER and Marie-Elisabeth CARON

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Francois BERNIER and Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER

George-Napoleon BERNIER

Born: September 14, 1836, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: April 11, 1919, Glen Falls, New York, USA

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1783
24 February 1783
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Francois BERNIER and Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER 6 February 1815, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 31 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
George-Napoleon BERNIER was born September 14, 1836, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Francois was 53 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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.