Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES

(b. 20 May 1717 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 December 1798 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES was born 20 May 1717 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES was the child of Jean SOULIÈRE TRANCHEMONTAGNE SUSTIER and Marie-Louise LESAGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas SOULIERES (SUSTIER) dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE and Marie-Marguerite LEBLANC (maternal) Jean Bernardin LESAGE dit LEPIEDMONTOIS and Marie-Barbe SYLVESTRE

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Jean-Bernard married Marie-Rose VEGIARD 26 February 1748 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Rose VEGIARD was born 3 October 1726 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Rose died 11 June 1804 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Rose was the child of Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ and Angélique PINEAU.

Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES died 30 December 1798 in L'Assomption, 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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Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES married

Marie-Rose VEGIARD-- Date: 26 February 1748 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France
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Marie-Rose VEGIARD was the child of Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ and Angélique PINEAU

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Children of Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES and Marie-Rose VEGIARD:

François SOULIÈRES (b.7 November 1748, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Joseph SOULIÈRES (b.16 January 1750, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Jean-Baptiste SOULIERES (SULIERE) (b.28 March 1751, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 27 June 1831, Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine-Marguerite SOLQUIN (SAULQUIN) 23 February 1778 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Joseph-Abraham SOULIÈRES (b.15 May 1753, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Rose SOULIERES (b.26 September 1754, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 12 May 1838, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

Antoine SOULIÈRES (b.23 October 1756, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Rosalie SOULIÈRES (b.10 March 1758, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Etienne SOULIÈRES (b.25 August 1759, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Louis SOULIÈRES (b.10 March 1761, L'Assomption, Canada d. , )

Louis-François-Regis SOULIÈRES (b.25 May 1765, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie SOULIÈRES (b.10 August 1766, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Francois SOULIERES (b.7 April 1768, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1717 Birth
20 May 1717
Québec, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES and Marie-Rose VEGIARD 26 February 1748, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 30 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
François SOULIÈRES was born 7 November 1748, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 31 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Joseph SOULIÈRES was born 16 January 1750, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 32 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste SOULIERES (SULIERE) was born 28 March 1751, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 33 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Joseph-Abraham SOULIÈRES was born 15 May 1753, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 36 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose SOULIERES was born 26 September 1754, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 37 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Antoine SOULIÈRES was born 23 October 1756, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 39 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Rosalie SOULIÈRES was born 10 March 1758, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 40 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Etienne SOULIÈRES was born 25 August 1759, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 42 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Louis SOULIÈRES was born 10 March 1761, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 43 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Louis-François-Regis SOULIÈRES was born 25 May 1765, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 48 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie SOULIÈRES was born 10 August 1766, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 49 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Francois SOULIERES was born 7 April 1768, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Bernard was 50 years old.

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste SOULIERES (SULIERE) married 23 February 1778, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Marie-Catherine-Marguerite SOLQUIN (SAULQUIN)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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