Andre DEMERS dit DUMETS

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3 February 1628 , Dieppe, France

Died

17 July 1711 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Jean DUMAIS Barbe MAUGER (MAUGIS)

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Born: 3 February 1628 in Dieppe, France

Father: Jean DUMAIS

Mother: Barbe MAUGER (MAUGIS)

Andre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1654.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Andre married Marie CHEFDEVILLE 7 January 1654 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie CHEFDEVILLE was born 5 June 1631 in Villers-sous-St-Leu, Oise, France. Marie died 23 November 1708 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie was the child of Jean CHEFDEVILLE and Marguerite GESSEAUME.

Andre DEMERS dit DUMETS died 17 July 1711 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

A Glimpse into 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

Spouse & Children of Andre DEMERS dit DUMETS

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Andre DEMERS dit DUMETS married

Marie CHEFDEVILLE
Marriage date: 7 January 1654
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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Marie CHEFDEVILLE was the child of Jean CHEFDEVILLE and Marguerite GESSEAUME

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Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Andre Dumets and Marie Chedeville

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Children of Andre DEMERS dit DUMETS and Marie CHEFDEVILLE

Catherine DEMERS

Born: 22 October 1654, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 20 November 1654, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie DEMERS

Born: 28 October 1655, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 24 April 1687, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Nicolas NERVAUX 14 August 1668 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Jean ROY 26 January 1672 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Nicolas DEMERS

Born: 6 August 1657 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Barbe JETTE 23 October 1679 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre DEMERS

Born: 24 October 1659, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 17 January 1707, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne JETTE 02 September 1686 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste DEMERS

Born: 31 August 1661 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 25 October 1690, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Cunegonde MASTA 25 February 1686 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Michel DEMERS

Born: 3 October 1663 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 15 October 1687 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Elisabeth-Isabelle-Marie JETTE 27 November 1685 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Barbe DEMERS (DUMAY)

Born: 8 August 1665, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 7 September 1699, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: Jacques COITEUX 4 November 1680 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Charles DEMERS

Born: 13 June 1667 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 21 January 1749, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Elisabeth PAPIN dite MERCADIER 17 February 1689 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Married: Catherine-Marie JETTE 9 October 1707 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Madeleine CAUCHON 23 April 1719 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie DEMERS

Born: abt. 1669, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 January 1741, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Jean BOURHIS 22 October 1686 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Charles VARRY dit VIGNERON 1 November 1712 Place: Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Robert DEMERS

Born: 11 January 1671, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 23 May 1741, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Madeleine JETTE 26 April 1694 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Born: January 1673, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 17 February 1690, Montréal, Canada, New France

Martine DEMERS

Born: 24 September 1675 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 9 June 1755, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: Paul JETTE 16 September 1697 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1628
3 February 1628
Dieppe, France

1654 Marriage / Partner
Andre DEMERS dit DUMETS and Marie CHEFDEVILLE 7 January 1654, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1654 Birth of Child
Catherine DEMERS was born 22 October 1654, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 26 years old.

1655 Birth of Child
Marie DEMERS was born 28 October 1655, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 27 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1657 Birth of Child
Nicolas DEMERS was born 6 August 1657 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 29 years old.

1659 Birth of Child
Andre DEMERS was born 24 October 1659, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 31 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS was born 31 August 1661 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 33 years old.

1663 Birth of Child
Michel DEMERS was born 3 October 1663 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 35 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Barbe DEMERS (DUMAY) was born 8 August 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 37 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Montreal
André demay - 35 habitant

Marie chef deville - 30 sa femme

Marie demay - 10 fille

Nicolas demay - 9 fils

André demay - 5 fils

Jean baptiste demay - 3 fils

Michel demay - 1 fils

Et Barbe demay - 6 mois fille

Pierre gadois laisné - 72 habitant

Louise Moger - 68 sa femme

Jean baptiste gadois - 25 fils arquebusier

pierre Villeneufve - 25 domestique engagé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Charles DEMERS was born 13 June 1667 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 39 years old.

1668 Marriage of Child
Marie DEMERS married 14 August 1668 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Nicolas NERVAUX

1671 Birth of Child
Robert DEMERS was born 11 January 1671, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Andre was 42 years old.

1672 Marriage of Child
Marie DEMERS married 26 January 1672 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean ROY

1673 Birth of Child
Paul DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born January 1673, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 44 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Martine DEMERS was born 24 September 1675 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 47 years old.

1679 Marriage of Child
Nicolas DEMERS married 23 October 1679 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Barbe JETTE

1680 Marriage of Child
Barbe DEMERS (DUMAY) married 4 November 1680, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jacques COITEUX

1681
'André Dumets 50 ans, Marie Chedeville sa femme 45 ans, André 22 ans, Michel 18 ans, Charles 14 ans, Marie 12 ans, Robert 10 ans, Paul 8 ans, Martine 6 ans, 2 fusils et 20 arpents en valeur.'
1681 Montreal Census
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1685 Marriage of Child
Michel DEMERS married 27 November 1685 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Elisabeth-Isabelle-Marie JETTE

1686 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS married 25 February 1686 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Cunegonde MASTA

1686 Marriage of Child
Andre DEMERS married 02 September 1686 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Anne JETTE

1686 Marriage of Child
Marie DEMERS married 22 October 1686, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean BOURHIS

1687 Death of Child
Marie DEMERS died 24 April 1687, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 59 years old.

1687 Death of Child
Michel DEMERS died 15 October 1687 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 59 years old.

1688
July 6, 1688 - Petition of Andre Demers and of Marie Chefdeville, his wife, relative to a lot of land at Ste Marie and also to call a family council to name a tutor and subrogate tutor to Catherine Demers, a minor, and a curator ad hoc to the widow Jette.

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 212

1689 Marriage of Child
Charles DEMERS married 17 February 1689, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Elisabeth PAPIN dite MERCADIER

1690 Death of Child
Paul DEMERS (DUMAIS) died 17 February 1690, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 62 years old.

1690 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS died 25 October 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Andre was 62 years old.

1694 Marriage of Child
Robert DEMERS married 26 April 1694, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Madeleine JETTE

1697 Marriage of Child
Martine DEMERS married 16 September 1697, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Paul JETTE

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Death of Child
Barbe DEMERS (DUMAY) died 7 September 1699, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Andre was 71 years old.

1707 Death of Child
Andre DEMERS died 17 January 1707, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre was 79 years old.

1707 Marriage of Child
Charles DEMERS married 9 October 1707, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Catherine-Marie JETTE

1708 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie CHEFDEVILLE died 23 November 1708, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)