Jean-Baptiste DEMERS

(b. 30 November 1730 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 March 1794 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DEMERS was born 30 November 1730 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste 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

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Jean-Baptiste married Ursule BAUNE (BEAULNE) 7 November 1757 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ursule BAUNE (BEAULNE) was born 23 January 1739 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Ursule was the child of Jacques BAUNE (BEAULNE) and Madeleine VILLERAY.

Jean-Baptiste DEMERS died 22 March 1794 in Lachine, Montréal, 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-Baptiste DEMERS married

Ursule BAUNE (BEAULNE)-- Date: 7 November 1757 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
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Ursule BAUNE (BEAULNE) was the child of Jacques BAUNE (BEAULNE) and Madeleine VILLERAY

Children of Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Ursule BAUNE (BEAULNE):

Jacques DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.17 March 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 April 1817, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Josephe ETHIER 4 February 1793 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Marie-Louise DEMERS (b.abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 June 1849, L'Assomption, Canada East )
m. Alexandre BLAIS 26 May 1800 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1730 Birth
30 November 1730
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Ursule BAUNE (BEAULNE) 7 November 1757, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 26 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Jacques DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 17 March 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Jean-Baptiste 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.