Pierre DEMERS

(b. 23 January 1769 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 January 1836 , Rigaud, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DEMERS was born 23 January 1769 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre DEMERS was the child of Michel DEMERS and Marie-Louise DUMOUCHEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre DEMERS and Elisabeth CARON (maternal) Louis-Joseph DUMOUCHEL and Marie-Louise LECLERC

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

Pierre married Veronique LEFEBVRE 1 October 1798 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique LEFEBVRE was born 27 May 1781 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Veronique died 2 December 1832 in Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Veronique was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE.

Pierre DEMERS died 26 January 1836 in Rigaud, 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

Veronique LEFEBVRE-- Date: 1 October 1798 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
Veronique LEFEBVRE was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE

Children of Pierre DEMERS and Veronique LEFEBVRE:

Vital DEMERS (b.11 May 1805, Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada d. 16 November 1893, Ripon, Québec, Canada)
m. Victoire THOMAS dite TRANCHEMONTAGNE 23 January 1826 in Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1769 Birth
23 January 1769
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DEMERS and Veronique LEFEBVRE 1 October 1798, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 29 years old.

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

1805 Birth of Child
Vital DEMERS was born 11 May 1805, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Pierre was 36 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage of Child
Vital DEMERS married 23 January 1826, Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Victoire THOMAS dite TRANCHEMONTAGNE

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England