Pierre DEMERS

(b. 19 July 1753 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 19 February 1813 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DEMERS was born 19 July 1753 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Pierre DEMERS was the child of Pierre DEMERS and Marguerite LEFORT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Barbe BROSSEAU (maternal) Jean LEFORT dit LA PRAIRIE and Marguerite FAVREAU

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

Pierre married Marie-Archange BARBEAU 15 November 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Archange BARBEAU was born 17 August 1760 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Archange died 29 September 1830 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Archange was the child of Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ and Marguerite GAGNE.

Pierre DEMERS died 19 February 1813 in Saint-Constant, 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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Pierre DEMERS married

Marie-Archange BARBEAU-- Date: 15 November 1779 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Archange BARBEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ and Marguerite GAGNE

Children of Pierre DEMERS and Marie-Archange BARBEAU:

Amable DEMERS (b.21 January 1788, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Isabelle BEAUDIN 5 March 1810 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Rene DEMERS (b.21 February 1793, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada d. abt. 1864, )
m. Marguerite FAUBERT 14 August 1815 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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1753 Birth
19 July 1753
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DEMERS and Marie-Archange BARBEAU 15 November 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Amable DEMERS was born 21 January 1788, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 34 years old.

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

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

1793 Birth of Child
Rene DEMERS was born 21 February 1793, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 39 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Marriage of Child
Amable DEMERS married 5 March 1810, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada to Marie-Isabelle BEAUDIN