Frederic BERNIER

Born

31 August 1811 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

9 July 1892 , Val-Brillant, Canada

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Philippe-Isaac BERNIER Marie-Luce GUIMOND

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Born: 31 August 1811 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Father: Philippe-Isaac BERNIER

Mother: Marie-Luce GUIMOND

Paternal grandparents: François-Marcel BERNIER , Marie-Ursule BERNIER

Maternal grandparents: Francois-Xavier GUIMOND , Marguerite BERNIER

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Frederic married Charlotte BERNIER 7 August 1832 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte BERNIER was born 23 December 1813 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Charlotte died 18 July 1881 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Prosper BERNIER and Victoire DIONNE.

Frederic BERNIER died 9 July 1892 in Val-Brillant, Canada.
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Frederic BERNIER married

Charlotte BERNIER
Marriage date: 7 August 1832
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada
Charlotte BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Prosper BERNIER and Victoire DIONNE

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Seraphine TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Onesime TREMBLAY 21 February 1865 Place: Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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Birth — 1811
31 August 1811
L'Islet, Lower Canada

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Frederic BERNIER and Charlotte BERNIER 7 August 1832, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 20 years old.

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Seraphine TREMBLAY married 21 February 1865, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Onesime TREMBLAY

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.