Marguerite DEMERS

(b. abt. 1727 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 September 1796 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite DEMERS was born abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite DEMERS was the child of Michel DEMERS and Marguerite GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Anne ROCHON (maternal) François GAGNON and Marguerite BELANGER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marguerite married Jean-Marie HUARD 2 May 1743 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Marie HUARD was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Marie was the child of Jacques HUARD and Marie-Angélique BOUCHER.

Marguerite married (2) Antoine GRENIER 15 September 1760 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada . Antoine GRENIER was born abt. 1718 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Antoine died 12 July 1796 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of François GARNIER (GRENIER) and Marie-Louise BISSON.

Marguerite DEMERS died 26 September 1796 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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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Marguerite DEMERS married

Jean-Marie HUARD-- Date: 2 May 1743 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Jean-Marie HUARD was the child of Jacques HUARD and Marie-Angélique BOUCHER

Children of Jean-Marie HUARD and Marguerite DEMERS:

Jean-Marie HUARD (b.22 September 1744, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Therese DEMERS 5 July 1765 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Marguerite HUARD (b.25 October 1745, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 21 September 1801, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada)
m. Augustin HOUDE dit DESROCHERS 27 July 1761 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Jean-Marie HUARD (b.18 February 1747, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 23 July 1817, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Geneviève GATIEN dite TOURANGEAU 30 September 1782 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marguerite DEMERS married

Antoine GRENIER-- Date: 15 September 1760 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada
Antoine GRENIER was the child of François GARNIER (GRENIER) and Marie-Louise BISSON

Children of Antoine GRENIER and Marguerite DEMERS:

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1743 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DEMERS and Jean-Marie HUARD 2 May 1743, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1744 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie HUARD was born 22 September 1744, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1745 Birth of Child
Marguerite HUARD was born 25 October 1745, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1747 Birth of Child
Joseph-Jean-Marie HUARD was born 18 February 1747, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DEMERS and Antoine GRENIER 15 September 1760, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1761 Marriage of Child
Marguerite HUARD married 27 July 1761, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Augustin HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Jean-Marie HUARD married 5 July 1765, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Therese DEMERS

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.

1782 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Jean-Marie HUARD married 30 September 1782, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Geneviève GATIEN dite TOURANGEAU

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)