Amable BERNARD

Born

21 April 1794 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

28 August 1873 , Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

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, Lower Canada . Marie-Charlotte died 24 November 1865 in Saint-Dominique, Canada East . Marie-Charlotte was the child of Joseph SENECAL and Genevieve GOSSELIN .

Parents & Family of Amable BERNARD

Parents of Amable BERNARD

Father

Jean-Baptiste BERNARD

Mother

Genevieve GOULET

Grandparents of Amable BERNARD

Paternal grandparents

François BERNARD Marguerite PETITOT

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste GOULET Angélique BRIERE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Amable BERNARD

Amable BERNARD married

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

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

Children of Amable BERNARD and Marie-Charlotte SENECAL

Amable BERNARD

Born: 21 May 1823, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 11 December 1898, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Married: Adelaide COTE 1 May 1857 Place: Malden, Massachusetts, USA

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Amable's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Amable BERNARD.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Amable BERNARD.

How to read this timeline
Records about Amable BERNARD and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Show:

Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.

Birth — 1794
21 April 1794
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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)

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.