Rosilda Bernier

Brief Life History of Rosilda

When Rosilda Bernier was born on 7 August 1898, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, Alphonse Bernier, was 38 and her mother, Anna Gagnon, was 39. She lived in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 June 1980, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Alphonse Bernier
1860–
Anna Gagnon
1859–
Joseph A Bernier
1887–1888
Marie Laura Bernier
1888–
Marie R. Bernier
1890–
Marie A. Florida Bernier
1892–
Velmare Bernier
1893–
Joseph William Henry Bernier
1895–1896
Rosilda Bernier
1898–1980
Rene Joseph Bernier
1900–
Diana Mary Bernier
1901–1995

Sources (2)

  • Rosilda Bernier in household of Alphonse Bernier, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Rosilda Bernier in household of Alphonse C Bernier, "United States Census, 1900"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · St Nicholas Orthodox Church and Rectory

St. Nicholas Orthodox church and rectory was built in 1908. It is a wood framed building with a cross shaped spire, built for immigrants from Eastern Europe. It would years later that the rectory was built on it

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

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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