Alice Marie Bernis

Brief Life History of Alice Marie

When Alice Marie Bernis was born on 24 January 1874, in Arnaudville, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, her father, Bertrand Bertonis Bernis, was 39 and her mother, Marie Anais Schexneider, was 20. She married Pierre Barras on 29 March 1894, in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Police Jury Ward 2 Isle Piquante, Iberia, Louisiana, United States in 1900 and Police Jury Ward 3, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States for about 30 years. She died on 1 March 1960, in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Pierre Barras
1873–1947
Alice Marie Bernis
1874–1960
Marriage: 29 March 1894
Marie Beatrice Barras
1895–1980
Joseph Onesiphore Barras
1895–1981
Marie Madeleine Louise Sophie Barras
1899–1991
Gabriel Barras
1901–1968
Jerome Steven Barras
1903–1957
Joseph Albert Barras
1906–1963
Laurence Ignatius Barras
1909–1998
Norbert Sidney Barras
1913–1945
Elise Barras
1915–2011

Sources (27)

  • Alice Borras in household of Pierre Borras, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Marie Alice Bernice, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
  • Alice Bernis, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Egon, Kurt, Otto.

Polish (mainly Bernaś) and Czech (Bernáš): from a derivative of the personal name Bernard .

German and French: from a derivative of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with ber(n) ‘bear’, e.g. Bernhard .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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