Noelle BERNIER
Born: 3 September 1657, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 27 April 1666, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 27 April 1666, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jacques
BERNIER
Born
abt. 1636
,
France
Died
20 July 1713
,
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Parents & Family of Jacques BERNIER
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Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1656.
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques BERNIER
Jacques BERNIER married 
Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER)
Marriage date: 23 July 1656
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER) was the child of Claude GRENIER and Marie HUOT
Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER)Marriage date: 23 July 1656
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER) was the child of Claude GRENIER and Marie HUOT
Children of Jacques BERNIER and Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER)
Pierre BERNIER
Born: 26 January 1659, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 17 September 1741, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 17 September 1741, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY) 21 February 1689 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Marie-Michelle BERNIER
Born: 18 October 1660, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Pierre CARON 19 February 1678 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Charles BERNIER
Married: Marie Anne LEMIEUX 25 October 1694 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Anne FAILLY (FAYE) 1701
Jean-Baptiste BERNIER
Born: 26 August 1666, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 7 September 1715, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 7 September 1715, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Geneviève CARON 30 October 1694 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Philippe BERNIER
Born: 5 January 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 4 January 1750, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 4 January 1750, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Married: Ursule CARON 30 October 1701 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
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- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
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Jacques Bernier and Antoinette Grenier were married on July 23rd, 1656 and settled down on the Ile d’Orleans. Many years later they bought land in Cap St-Ignace and by the time they passed they had left eleven children.
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Jacques BERNIER (ca 1636 - 1713) — Antoinette GRENIER (ca 1637 - 1713)
Pioneer Jacques Bernier ('Jean de Paris') passed away this day, July 20th, 1713, at Cap-St-Ignace, Québec. His wife Antoinette ('Toinette') Grenier had died just a few months earlier.
Jacques and Antoinette married in 1656 'at the home of the Governor,' Jean de Lauson.
Seven of their eleven children married and had families, giving their parents at least 74 grandchildren. (Four of these marriages were with grandchildren of Robert Caron.)
Father Lebel write that the Berniers 'were the first to settle at Cap-St-Ignace' and that their house served 'as a chapel for traveling missionaries' before the first chapel was built there in 1683.
Descendants bearing the Bernier surname include Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, a mariner who led expeditions into the Canadian arctic, and Paul Bernier, Vatican diplomat and Bishop of Gaspé.
Other notable descendants include the late Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop of Montréal,
Pioneer Jacques Bernier ('Jean de Paris') passed away this day, July 20th, 1713, at Cap-St-Ignace, Québec. His wife Antoinette ('Toinette') Grenier had died just a few months earlier.
Jacques and Antoinette married in 1656 'at the home of the Governor,' Jean de Lauson.
Seven of their eleven children married and had families, giving their parents at least 74 grandchildren. (Four of these marriages were with grandchildren of Robert Caron.)
Father Lebel write that the Berniers 'were the first to settle at Cap-St-Ignace' and that their house served 'as a chapel for traveling missionaries' before the first chapel was built there in 1683.
Descendants bearing the Bernier surname include Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, a mariner who led expeditions into the Canadian arctic, and Paul Bernier, Vatican diplomat and Bishop of Gaspé.
Other notable descendants include the late Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop of Montréal,
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1656 Marriage / PartnerJacques BERNIER and Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER) 23 July 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1657 Birth of ChildNoelle BERNIER was born 3 September 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1659 Birth of ChildPierre BERNIER was born 26 January 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1660 Birth of ChildMarie-Michelle BERNIER was born 18 October 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1664 Birth of ChildJacques BERNIER was born 28 October 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1666 Death of ChildNoelle BERNIER died 27 April 1666, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1666 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste BERNIER was born 26 August 1666, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1670 Birth of ChildGeneviève BERNIER was born 20 September 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1673 Birth of ChildPhilippe BERNIER was born 5 January 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1678 Marriage of ChildMarie-Michelle BERNIER married 19 February 1678, Québec, Canada, New France to Pierre CARON
1683 Marriage of ChildElisabeth BERNIER married 23 November 1683, , Québec Province, Canada to Joseph CARON
1689 Marriage of ChildPierre BERNIER married 21 February 1689, Montmagny, Canada, New France to Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY)
1691 Marriage of ChildGeneviève BERNIER married 8 January 1691, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France to Louis COTE
1694 Marriage of ChildCharles BERNIER married 25 October 1694, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France to Marie Anne LEMIEUX
1694 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste BERNIER married 30 October 1694, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Geneviève CARON
1701 Marriage of ChildPhilippe BERNIER married 30 October 1701, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Ursule CARON
Death — 171320 July 1713
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
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