François DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Born

10 December 1787 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 December 1869 , Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada

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Louis-Joseph DEMERS Marie-Antoinette DECASTEL

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Born: 10 December 1787 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis-Joseph DEMERS

Mother: Marie-Antoinette DECASTEL

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DEMERS , Marie-Françoise AYOTTE

Maternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste (Barthelemy) DECASTEL , Charlotte ALLARD

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François married Marie GOUGY (GOUZY) dite CARCASSONNE 19 January 1808 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GOUGY (GOUZY) dite CARCASSONNE was born 15 September 1790 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Marie died 5 May 1838 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marie was the child of Joseph GOUGY (GOUZY) dit CARCASSONNE and Elisabeth GARNIER (GRENIER).

François DEMERS (DUMAIS) died 8 December 1869 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, 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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François DEMERS (DUMAIS) married

Marie GOUGY (GOUZY) dite CARCASSONNE
Marriage date: 19 January 1808
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Marie GOUGY (GOUZY) dite CARCASSONNE was the child of Joseph GOUGY (GOUZY) dit CARCASSONNE and Elisabeth GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS

Born: 10 November 1812, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis FONTAINE 25 May 1830 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1787
10 December 1787
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
François DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie GOUGY (GOUZY) dite CARCASSONNE 19 January 1808, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 20 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS was born 10 November 1812, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

François was 24 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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique-Louise DEMERS married 25 May 1830, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Louis FONTAINE

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie GOUGY (GOUZY) dite CARCASSONNE died 5 May 1838, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.