Jean-Baptiste BERNIER

(b. 2 April 1733 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 30 December 1792 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BERNIER was born 2 April 1733 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BERNIER was the child of Pierre-Basile BERNIER and Marie-Josephe FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BERNIER and Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY) (maternal) Pierre FORTIN and Gertrude HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise CHEVALIER 16 July 1753 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise CHEVALIER was born 17 March 1731 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise died 1 July 1797 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Louise was the child of Rene-Lucien CHEVALIER and Genevieve RICHARD.

Jean-Baptiste BERNIER died 30 December 1792 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower 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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Jean-Baptiste BERNIER married

Marie-Louise CHEVALIER-- Date: 16 July 1753 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise CHEVALIER was the child of Rene-Lucien CHEVALIER and Genevieve RICHARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie-Louise CHEVALIER:

Modeste BERNIER (b.24 March 1762, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 2 May 1836, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Francois CARON 19 January 1779 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1733 Birth
2 April 1733
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Marie-Louise CHEVALIER 16 July 1753, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 20 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Modeste BERNIER was born 24 March 1762, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.