Michel DEMERS

(b. 12 August 1726 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1793 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )

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Michel DEMERS was born 12 August 1726 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Michel DEMERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Anne LAUZON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie DUBOIS (maternal) Michel LAUZON and Marie-Anne COITOU dite ST-JEAN

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

Michel married Francoise LACOMBE 12 January 1750 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise LACOMBE was born 28 January 1725 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Francoise died 26 April 1771 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Francoise was the child of Jean LACOMBE and Marguerite DIEL.

Michel DEMERS died 1 September 1793 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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Michel DEMERS married

Francoise LACOMBE-- Date: 12 January 1750 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

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Francoise LACOMBE was the child of Jean LACOMBE and Marguerite DIEL

Children of Michel DEMERS and Francoise LACOMBE:

Jean-Baptiste DEMERS (b.30 April 1751, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Genevieve PAQUET 23 January 1786 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1726 Birth
12 August 1726
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Michel DEMERS and Francoise LACOMBE 12 January 1750, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 23 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS was born 30 April 1751, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Michel was 24 years old.

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

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.

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francoise LACOMBE died 26 April 1771, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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.