François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH)

Born

28 February 1819 , Joliette, Lower Canada

Died

30 November 1903 , Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

Parents & Family of François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH)

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Born: 28 February 1819 in Joliette, Lower Canada

Parents of François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH)

Father

Guillaume BERNECHE

Mother

Geneviève LAVENTURE

Grandparents of François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH)

Paternal grandparents

Guillaume BERNATCHEZ (BERNATCHE) Marie-Reine CLOUTIER

Maternal grandparents

Antoine-Hippolyte LAVENTURE Marie-Josephe DELAUMAY (DELOME)

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

François Xavier married Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 20 November 1840 in Joliette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born abt. 1818 in Québec Province, Canada. Lucille died 26 December 1891 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA . Lucille was the child of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Josephe CHARPENTIER.

François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH) died 30 November 1903 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA .

m. (2) Clemintina DeMasse Bouvier
20 May 1892, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH)

François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH) married

photo of Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES
Marriage date: 20 November 1840
Marriage place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was the child of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Josephe CHARPENTIER

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

Children of François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH) and Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Peter BARNISH

Born: 01/08/1856, Black Brook, New York, USA
Died: abt. 1931, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary Elizabeth PETERS 10 February 1874 Place: Deerfield, Massachusetts, 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 — 1819
28 February 1819
Joliette, Lower Canada

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)

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH) and Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 20 November 1840, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1856 Birth of Child
Peter BARNISH was born 01/08/1856, Black Brook, New York, USA (Au Sable Forks)

François Xavier was 36 years old.

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

1870 - Deerfield, Massachusetts

Name: Francis Burnash
Age in 1870: 52
Birth Year: abt 1818
BirthPlace: Canada
Dwelling Number: 280
Home in 1870: Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Laborer
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Inferred Spouse: Lucy Burnash
Inferred Children: Jerry Burnash
Eli Burnash
Peter Burnash
Lucy Burnash
Michael Burnash
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Burnash 52
Lucy Burnash 52
Jerry Burnash 35
Eli Burnash 18
Peter Burnash 17
Lucy Burnash 5
Michael Burnash 2
Barrett hanah Burnash 33

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1874 Marriage of Child
Peter BARNISH married 10 February 1874, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA to Mary Elizabeth PETERS

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