François DEMERS

Born

2 August 1803 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Died

8 April 1879 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

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Nicolas DEMERS Rosalie BONIN

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Born: 2 August 1803 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Father: Nicolas DEMERS

Mother: Rosalie BONIN

Paternal grandparents: Charles DEMERS , Marie-Charlotte GAUTHIER

Maternal grandparents: Ignace BONIN , Marie-Louise CASAUBON

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François married Eleonore BARIL 17 July 1827 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eleonore BARIL was born 12 July 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada. Eleonore died 7 March 1850 in Lanoraie, Canada East . Eleonore was the child of Louis-Joseph BARIL and Pelagie MANDEVILLE.

François DEMERS died 8 April 1879 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada .
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François DEMERS married

Eleonore BARIL
Marriage date: 17 July 1827
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Eleonore BARIL was the child of Louis-Joseph BARIL and Pelagie MANDEVILLE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François DEMERS and Eleonore BARIL

Eusebe DEMERS

Born: 11 May 1836, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Theotiste DESROSIERS 6 October 1863 Place: Lanoraie, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1803
2 August 1803
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
François DEMERS and Eleonore BARIL 17 July 1827, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 23 years old.

François DEMERS - 1827 marriage (part 1)

1827 marriage (part 1)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

François DEMERS - 1827 marriage (part 2)

1827 marriage (part 2)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Birth of Child
Eusebe DEMERS was born 11 May 1836, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

François was 32 years old.

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

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)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eleonore BARIL died 7 March 1850, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Eusebe DEMERS married 6 October 1863, Lanoraie, Canada East to Theotiste DESROSIERS

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.