When Marie Marguerite Bernier was born on 3 October 1808, in Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada, her father, Amable Bernier, was 38 and her mother, Marie Victoire Couillard, was 32. She married Basile Bernier on 8 January 1833, in Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died before 1858, in Canada, and was buried in Cap-Saint-Ignace-Station, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Normand, Andre, Fernand, Armand, Adrien, Michel, Camille, Jacques, Lucien, Benoit, Laurent.
French: from the personal name Bernier, composed of the ancient Germanic elements bern ‘bear’ + hari ‘army’. Compare Barney and Barnier .
North German: habitational name from a place so named in Mecklenburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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