Julie BERNIER

Born

7 February 1839 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Died

15 November 1871 , Saint-Justin, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

Julie married Francois GAGNON 4 February 1856 in Maskinongé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois GAGNON was born 24 March 1828 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . Francois died 25 August 1909 in Gladstone, Delta, Michigan, USA.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Julie BERNIER

Julie BERNIER married

Francois GAGNON
Marriage date: 4 February 1856
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Canada East

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Francois GAGNON and Julie BERNIER

Pierre "Peter" GAGNON

Born: December 1860, St-Justin, Quebec, Canada
Died: 19 October 1931, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Anna AYOTTE 27 March 1883 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1839
7 February 1839
Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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.

1856 Marriage / Partner
Julie BERNIER and Francois GAGNON 4 February 1856, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

She was 17 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Pierre "Peter" GAGNON was born December 1860, St-Justin, Quebec, Canada

Julie was 21 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.