Justine BERNIER

Born

28 June 1805 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Died

17 January 1874 , Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Clement BERNIER Marie-Louise-Constant FORTIN

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Born: 28 June 1805 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Father: Clement BERNIER

Mother: Marie-Louise-Constant FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BERNIER , Marie Marguerite Louise LANDRY

Maternal grandparents: Jacques-Timothee FORTIN , Louise BERNIER

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Justine married Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE 28 February 1832 in Iberville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE was born 27 June 1802 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Germain died 13 October 1871 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien). Germain was the child of Jean-Baptiste TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE and Marie-Josephe DUMAS.

Justine BERNIER died 17 January 1874 in Iberville, 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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Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE
Marriage date: 28 February 1832
Marriage place: Iberville, Lower Canada

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Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE was the child of Jean-Baptiste TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE and Marie-Josephe DUMAS

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Children of Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE and Justine BERNIER

Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE

Born: abt. 1834, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1880, Bonsecours, Québec, Canada

Married: Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) 1 August 1854 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE

Born: 26 April 1847, Henryville, Canada East
Died: 4 November 1901, Stockton, Kansas, USA

Married: Caroline BEGNOCHE 26 December 1870

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Birth — 1805
28 June 1805
Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Justine BERNIER and Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE 28 February 1832, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

She was 26 years old.

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

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE was born 26 April 1847, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Justine was 41 years old.

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE married 1 August 1854, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.