Ursule BERNIER

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16 February 1822 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1868 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Born: 16 February 1822 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

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Ursule married Michel MARCEAU 21 November 1842 in Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel MARCEAU was born 20 October 1812 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada.

Ursule BERNIER died abt. 1868 in Québec, Québec, 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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Ursule BERNIER married

Michel MARCEAU
Marriage date: 21 November 1842
Marriage place: Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

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Children of Michel MARCEAU and Ursule BERNIER

John-Jean MARCEAU

Born: September 1,1858, Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
Died: December 17,1933, Muskegon, Michigan, USA

Married: Emma LEGACY 3 February 1890

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Birth — 1822
16 February 1822
L'Islet, Lower Canada

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

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Ursule BERNIER and Michel MARCEAU 21 November 1842, Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
John-Jean MARCEAU was born September 1,1858, Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Ursule was 36 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.