Jean-François DEMERS

(b. 25 January 1742 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 13 August 1798 , Longueuil, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François DEMERS was born 25 January 1742 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Jean-François DEMERS was the child of François DEMERS and Marguerite POIRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert DEMERS and Marie-Madeleine JETTE (maternal) Philippe POIRIER and Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE

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Jean-François married Thérèse GIRARD dite SANSCHAGRIN 17 April 1769 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thérèse GIRARD dite SANSCHAGRIN was born 15 July 1748 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Thérèse died 3 May 1820 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Thérèse was the child of Charles GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN and Catherine RENAUD.

Jean-François DEMERS died 13 August 1798 in Longueuil, 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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Jean-François DEMERS married

Thérèse GIRARD dite SANSCHAGRIN-- Date: 17 April 1769 Place: Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse GIRARD dite SANSCHAGRIN was the child of Charles GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN and Catherine RENAUD

Children of Jean-François DEMERS and Thérèse GIRARD dite SANSCHAGRIN:

Josephte DEMERS (b.abt. 1773, , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 August 1835, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine VIAU dit L'ESPÉRANCE 10 November 1794 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Marguerite DEMERS (b.4 October 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1846, Longueuil, Canada East )
m. Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) 8 October 1804 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

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1742 Birth
25 January 1742
Chambly, Canada, New France

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François DEMERS and Thérèse GIRARD dite SANSCHAGRIN 17 April 1769, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

He was 27 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
Marguerite DEMERS was born 4 October 1777, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-François was 35 years old.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Josephte DEMERS married 10 November 1794, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Antoine VIAU dit L'ESPÉRANCE