Marie-Louise CHEVALIER

(b. 17 March 1731 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 1 July 1797 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise CHEVALIER was born 17 March 1731 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise CHEVALIER was the child of Rene-Lucien CHEVALIER and Genevieve RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean CHEVALIER and Marguerite-Madeleine AVICE (maternal) Pierre RICHARD and Françoise MIVILLE dite DESCHENES

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

Marie-Louise married Jean-Baptiste BERNIER 16 July 1753 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BERNIER was born 2 April 1733 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jean-Baptiste died 30 December 1792 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre-Basile BERNIER and Marie-Josephe FORTIN.

Marie-Louise CHEVALIER died 1 July 1797 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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Marie-Louise CHEVALIER married

Jean-Baptiste BERNIER-- Date: 16 July 1753 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste BERNIER was the child of Pierre-Basile BERNIER and Marie-Josephe FORTIN

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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1731 Birth
17 March 1731
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

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

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

She was 22 years old.

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

Marie-Louise was 31 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.