Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS

(b. 25 February 1739 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 20 May 1802 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS was born 25 February 1739 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS was the child of Joseph DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Josephte GINGRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Anne ROCHON (maternal) Pierre-Jacques GINGRAS and Anne-Angélique HAMEL

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Josephte-Geneviève married Étienne MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE 14 November 1757 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Étienne MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE was born 21 September 1735 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Étienne died 17 July 1823 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Étienne was the child of Joseph MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE and Marie-Anne BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS.

Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS died 20 May 1802 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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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Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS married

Étienne MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE-- Date: 14 November 1757 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
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Étienne MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE was the child of Joseph MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE and Marie-Anne BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS

Children of Étienne MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE and Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS:

Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU (b.21 September 1761, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada d. 18 July 1816, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph GUILDRY dit LABINE 7 January 1783 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Ambroise MARTINEAU (b.10 August 1774, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 April 1870, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Judith CADOT 25 May 1805 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Henri MARTINEAU (b.13 September 1777, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 September 1861, L'Assomption, Canada East )
m. Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS 13 February 1804 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1739 Birth
25 February 1739
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS and Étienne MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE 14 November 1757, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU was born 21 September 1761, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Josephte-Geneviève was 22 years old.

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.

1774 Birth of Child
Ambroise MARTINEAU was born 10 August 1774, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Josephte-Geneviève was 35 years old.

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.

1777 Birth of Child
Henri MARTINEAU was born 13 September 1777, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Josephte-Geneviève was 38 years old.

1783 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU married 7 January 1783, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Joseph GUILDRY dit LABINE

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)

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