Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER

Born

9 March 1793 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Died

26 June 1856 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East

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Jacques-Bonaventure BERNIER Marie-Elisabeth CARON

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Born: 9 March 1793 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Father: Jacques-Bonaventure BERNIER

Mother: Marie-Elisabeth CARON

Paternal grandparents: Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD , Geneviève BOIVIN

Maternal grandparents: Bonaventure CARON , Marie-Claire LANGELIER

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Marie-Elisabeth married Francois BERNIER 6 February 1815 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois BERNIER was born 24 February 1783 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . Francois died 18 August 1856 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East . Francois was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie-Claire GUYON.

Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER died 26 June 1856 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East .
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Marie-Elisabeth BERNIER married

Francois BERNIER
Marriage date: 6 February 1815
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada
Francois BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie-Claire GUYON

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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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1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1793
9 March 1793
Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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

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

She was 21 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)

Marie-Elisabeth was 43 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.