Amable BERNARD

(b. 21 April 1794 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 28 August 1873 , Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada )

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Amable BERNARD was born 21 April 1794 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Amable BERNARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNARD and Genevieve GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BERNARD and Marguerite PETITOT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GOULET and Angélique BRIERE

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Amable married Marie-Charlotte SENECAL 24 August 1819 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Marie-Charlotte SENECAL was born 26 September 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Charlotte died 24 November 1865 in Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada . Marie-Charlotte was the child of Joseph SENECAL and Genevieve GOSSELIN.

Amable BERNARD died 28 August 1873 in Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Amable BERNARD

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Amable BERNARD married

Marie-Charlotte SENECAL-- Date: 24 August 1819 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Marie-Charlotte SENECAL was the child of Joseph SENECAL and Genevieve GOSSELIN

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Children of Amable BERNARD and Marie-Charlotte SENECAL:

Amable BERNARD (b.21 May 1823, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 11 December 1898, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada )
m. Adelaide COTE 1 May 1857 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA

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1794 Birth
21 April 1794
Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Amable BERNARD and Marie-Charlotte SENECAL 24 August 1819, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

He was 25 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Amable BERNARD was born 21 May 1823, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Amable was 29 years old.

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)

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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

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.

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

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

1857 Marriage of Child
Amable BERNARD married 1 May 1857, Malden, Massachusetts, USA to Adelaide COTE

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Charlotte SENECAL died 24 November 1865, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

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.