Person:Manuel Bernier Coleche (1)

!CHRISTENING-BIRTH-PARENTS-CHILDREN: Baptismal records; 1855-1878; Catholic Church in San Blas, Coamo, Puerto Rico; Book 15, Page 8, Record # 51, FHL Microfilm # 0820731, Items 4-9; NOTES: Photocopies in possession of James P. Halabuk, 303 Tabbs Lane, Newport News, VA, 23602 - This record shows Teresa was baptised on 30 March, 1856, in San Blas, Coamo, Puerto Rico by Father Juan Antonio Perez. Parents are shown as Marcos Bernier and Carmen Giraud. Teresa's birth date is shown to be 27 February, 1856. Paternal grand parents are shown as Mauricio Bernier and Jimona Salas. Maternal grand parents are shown as Antonio Giraud and Maria Serafina Bernier. God parents are recorded as being Juan Garay and Eulalia Bernier.

!BAPTISM_CONFIRMATION: The baptism and confirmation ordinances were performed for Manuel Mauricio by proxies in the Washington D.C. Temple on 19 March, 2005 during a Denbigh Ward, Newport News Stake, youth baptism excursion.

!NOTE: Manuel Mauricio Bernier Coleche arrived in Puerto Rico in Patillas about 1804. Later he moved to Cayey, then to Aibonito, and then to Coamo. He also was a merchant in Guayama.

!NOTE: His father Jean Pierre Bernier arrived in Puerto Rico about 1806. His brother Andres Bernier Coleche arrives in Puerto Rico about 1807, with his son who was 4 year old named Andres Bernier Pimont (look under the name Andres Bernier, who married to Bernardina de Rivera).

!MILITIA: He was a member of the militia in Cayey, Milicias Urbanas de Cayey.

!CITIZENSHIP: Manuel becomes a Spanish citizen in April, 1816. in accordance to "Real Cedula de Gracia" and adopts the Spanish name Manuel.

For more information about Bernier Family moving from Saint-Barthélemy, Guadeloupe to Puerto Rico, look under the name of Jean Pierre Bernier and the links attached on his page.

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