Jean-Baptiste DEMERS

(b. 21 February 1739 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1824 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DEMERS was born 21 February 1739 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DEMERS was the child of Etienne DEMERS and Marie-Josephte THOUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie DUBOIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste THOUIN and Marie-Thérèse CADIEUX

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Agathe BOTQUIN dite ST-ANDRE 4 February 1765 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Agathe BOTQUIN dite ST-ANDRE was born 10 May 1744 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Agathe died 3 January 1810 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Marie-Agathe was the child of Pierre BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE and Marie-Josephe LOISEAU.

Jean-Baptiste DEMERS died 21 November 1824 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada .

m. Marie Agathe Botquin, 4 February 1765
L'Assomption, Quebec

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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

Marie-Agathe BOTQUIN dite ST-ANDRE-- Date: 4 February 1765 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Agathe BOTQUIN dite ST-ANDRE was the child of Pierre BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE and Marie-Josephe LOISEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Marie-Agathe BOTQUIN dite ST-ANDRE:

Marie-Anne DEMERS (b.26 October 1768, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 February 1840, Drummondville, Lower Canada )

Archange DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.5 December 1770, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Elisabeth DEMERS (b.1 November 1772, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1739 Birth
21 February 1739
L'Assomption, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Marie-Agathe BOTQUIN dite ST-ANDRE 4 February 1765, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 25 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS was born 26 October 1768, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Archange DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 5 December 1770, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Elisabeth DEMERS was born 1 November 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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.