Jean-Baptiste BERNIER

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28 October 1710 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Died

9 August 1792 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

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Pierre BERNIER Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY)

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Born: 28 October 1710 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre BERNIER

Mother: Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY)

Paternal grandparents: Jacques BERNIER , Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER)

Maternal grandparents: Robert BOULET (BOULAY) , Françoise GRENIER (GARNIER)

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Jean-Baptiste married Claire FORTIN 11 January 1734 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Claire FORTIN was born 28 April 1716 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Claire died 10 July 1787 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Claire was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER.

Jean-Baptiste BERNIER died 9 August 1792 in L'Islet, 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-Baptiste BERNIER married

Claire FORTIN
Marriage date: 11 January 1734
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Claire FORTIN was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Claire FORTIN

Josephte BERNIER

Born: 9 October 1736, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 16 March 1804, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Pascal MERCIER 10 January 1754 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Monique BERNIER

Born: 2 May 1738, L'Islet, Canada, New France
Died: 1 April 1813, L'Islet, Lower Canada

Married: Louis-Augustin LEMIEUX 19 January 1761 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Louise BERNIER

Born: 8 May 1743, L'Islet, Canada, New France
Died: 3 September 1784, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jacques-Timothee FORTIN 16 January 1764 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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Birth — 1710
28 October 1710
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Claire FORTIN 11 January 1734 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 23 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Josephte BERNIER was born 9 October 1736, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Monique BERNIER was born 2 May 1738, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Louise BERNIER was born 8 May 1743, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Josephte BERNIER married 10 January 1754, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Joseph-Pascal MERCIER

1761 Marriage of Child
Monique BERNIER married 19 January 1761, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Louis-Augustin LEMIEUX

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Louise BERNIER married 16 January 1764, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Jacques-Timothee FORTIN

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.