Marguerite BERNIER

(b. 2 January 1772 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 July 1816 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite BERNIER was born 2 January 1772 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre BERNIER and Marie-Louise FORTIN (maternal) Charles MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie-Madeleine AUBERT

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Marguerite married Francois-Xavier GUIMOND 6 October 1789 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois-Xavier GUIMOND was born 29 August 1766 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Francois-Xavier died 21 March 1852 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Francois-Xavier was the child of Jean-Gabriel GUIMOND and Reine-Ursule LEMIEUX.

Marguerite BERNIER died 2 July 1816 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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Marguerite BERNIER married

Francois-Xavier GUIMOND-- Date: 6 October 1789 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois-Xavier GUIMOND was the child of Jean-Gabriel GUIMOND and Reine-Ursule LEMIEUX

Children of Francois-Xavier GUIMOND and Marguerite BERNIER:

Marie-Luce GUIMOND (b.10 September 1791, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada d. 4 November 1865, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East )
m. Philippe-Isaac BERNIER 29 February 1808 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Francois-Gabriel GUIMOND (b.23 September 1792, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada d. 4 January 1851, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East)
m. Geneviève CARON 25 January 1814 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1772 Birth
2 January 1772
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BERNIER and Francois-Xavier GUIMOND 6 October 1789, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 17 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Birth of Child
Marie-Luce GUIMOND was born 10 September 1791, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marguerite was 19 years old.

1792 Birth of Child
Francois-Gabriel GUIMOND was born 23 September 1792, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marguerite was 20 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1808 Marriage of Child
Marie-Luce GUIMOND married 29 February 1808, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Philippe-Isaac BERNIER

1814 Marriage of Child
Francois-Gabriel GUIMOND married 25 January 1814, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Geneviève CARON