Rose DEMERS

Born

17 June 1810 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Died

5 May 1877 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 69
Cause of Death: fever

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Joseph DEMERS Marie-Thecle FRECHETTE

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Born: 17 June 1810 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph DEMERS

Mother: Marie-Thecle FRECHETTE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DEMERS dit CHEFDEVILLE , Marie-Anne PAQUET dite LARIVIERE

Maternal grandparents: Louis FRECHETTE , Marie-Thecle DUBOIS

Rose was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1864.
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Rose married Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER 12 January 1830 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER was born 17 January 1807 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Jean Baptiste David died 2 April 1877 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Jean Baptiste David was the child of Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Marie-Louise LAREAU.

Rose DEMERS died 5 May 1877 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

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Demers Name Meaning

French Canadian: altered form (probably in the literal sense of 2 below) of northern French Dumets itself a variant of Dumetz a habitational name with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ for someone from any of several places in the north of France called (Le) Metz named with a regional term for a ‘farmstead’ (compare Mas 1 and Dume ). Compare also Demarce Demars 1 and Dumay French: habitational name with fused preposition de ‘from’ denoting someone from either of two places in France named Mers Mers-les-Bains (Somme) or Mers-sur-Indre (Indre). English: variant of Deamer with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Demars, Detmers, Devers, Demar, Demark, Deger, Deer, Demey, Demary

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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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Rose DEMERS married

Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER
Marriage date: 12 January 1830
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

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Children of Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER and Rose DEMERS

David BOUCHER

Born: 17 November 1830, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 10 September 1903, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Julie MOREAU 2 June 1851 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Married: Martha LAROSE 17 July 1899 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Rose BOUCHER

Born: 30 June 1832, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 24 June 1879, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Joseph LUC (LUKE) 7 January 1857 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Euphrosine BOUCHER

Born: 19 May 1834, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 25 April 1903, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Joseph MCDERMOTT 27 November 1855 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Moise (Moyse) BOUCHER

Born: 9 February 1836, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 12 October 1872, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Angélique CYR 7 January 1857 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Thomas BOUCHER

Born: 23 December 1837, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1838, Iberville, Lower Canada

Alfred BOUCHER

Born: 30 August 1839, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 20 October 1896, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marguerite LEFEBVRE 1859

Married: Celina MOREAU dite DESOURDIT 12 February 1866 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Philomene BOUCHER

Born: 13 May 1841, Saint-Luc, Canada East
Died: 20 December 1883, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Pierre BENJAMIN 10 May 1858 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Sophie Helena BOUCHER

Born: 12 April 1843, Saint-Luc, Canada East
Died: 13 October 1874, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: François CHALOUX (CHALON) 20 November 1863 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise-Rose BOUCHER

Born: 26 April 1845 , Saint-Luc, Canada East
Died: 3 April 1846, Iberville, Canada East

Hubert "Albert" BOUCHER

Born: 24 May 1847, Iberville, Canada East
Died: 16 December 1906, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Catherine BOISVERT 15 November 1866 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Marie-Anastasie BOUCHER

Born: 9 May 1849, Iberville, Canada East
Died: 27 August 1886, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin TREMBLAY 14 September 1873 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Josephine BOUCHER

Born: 23 March 1851, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Canada East
Died: abt. 1896, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Paul FORCIER (FORTIER) 28 July 1873 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Mathilda BOUCHER

Born: 3 June 1853, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Canada East
Died: 25 February 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: François "Francis" LAVALLEE 26 January 1870 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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Birth — 1810
17 June 1810
Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

1810 Baptism. St-Luc, St-Jean, Quebec.

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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 / Partner
Rose DEMERS and Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER 12 January 1830, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

Rose DEMERS - 1830 Marriage. St-Luc, St-Jean, PQ

1830 Marriage. St-Luc, St-Jean, PQ

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1830 Birth of Child
David BOUCHER was born 17 November 1830, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Rose was 20 years old.

1830 Marriage. St-Luc, St-Jean, PQ

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1832 Birth of Child
Rose BOUCHER was born 30 June 1832, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Rose was 22 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Euphrosine BOUCHER was born 19 May 1834, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Rose was 23 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Moise (Moyse) BOUCHER was born 9 February 1836, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Rose was 25 years old.

1837 Birth of Child
Thomas BOUCHER was born 23 December 1837, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Rose was 27 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
Alfred BOUCHER was born 30 August 1839, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Rose was 29 years old.

1841 Birth of Child
Philomene BOUCHER was born 13 May 1841, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Rose was 30 years old.

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

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

1843 Birth of Child
Sophie Helena BOUCHER was born 12 April 1843, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Rose was 32 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Rose BOUCHER was born 26 April 1845 , Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Rose was 34 years old.

1846 Death of Child
Marie-Louise-Rose BOUCHER died 3 April 1846, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Rose was 35 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Hubert "Albert" BOUCHER was born 24 May 1847, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Rose was 36 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Anastasie BOUCHER was born 9 May 1849, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Rose was 38 years old.

1851
David Boucher, male, age 46, b. abt 1806 in Bas Canada, living in St Alexandre, Rouville County, Quebec with his wife Rosalie Demers, age 41. Children: Rosalie, age 20; Euphasine, age 19; Moyse, age 17; Alfred, age 14; Philomene, age 11; Sophie, age 9; Eubert?, age 6; Anastasie, age 4; Josephine, age 1. David is a Journalier (Day Laborer). Living nearby is their son, David Boucher, age 26 with his wife, Julie Moreau, age 22. There are also many other members of the Demers and Boucher families nearby.
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1851 Birth of Child
Josephine BOUCHER was born 23 March 1851, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Québec, Canada

Rose was 40 years old.

1851 Marriage of Child
David BOUCHER married 2 June 1851, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada to Julie MOREAU

1853 Birth of Child
Mathilda BOUCHER was born 3 June 1853, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Québec, Canada

Rose was 42 years old.

1855 Marriage of Child
Euphrosine BOUCHER married 27 November 1855, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada to Joseph MCDERMOTT

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

1857 Marriage of Child
Moise (Moyse) BOUCHER married 7 January 1857, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada to Angélique CYR

1857 Marriage of Child
Rose BOUCHER married 7 January 1857, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada to Joseph LUC (LUKE)

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Philomene BOUCHER married 10 May 1858, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada to Pierre BENJAMIN

1863 Marriage of Child
Sophie Helena BOUCHER married 20 November 1863, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada to François CHALOUX (CHALON)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
David Boucher, 60, b. Canada, laborer
Rosalie Boucher, 56, b. Canada
Eubu (Hubert) Boucher, 16, b. Canada, operative
Josephine Boucher, 14, b. Canada
Matlilda Boucher, 12, b. Canada

Joseph McDomod, 38, b. Canada, laborer
Fresine McDomod, 29, b. Canada
Fresine McDomod, 5, b. Canada
Onestasie Boucha, 16, b. Canada, operative
1865 Massachusetts Census
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1866 Marriage of Child
Alfred BOUCHER married 12 February 1866, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Celina MOREAU dite DESOURDIT

1866 Marriage of Child
Hubert "Albert" BOUCHER married 15 November 1866, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Catherine BOISVERT

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870
Southbridge, MA lists the following people. Is (Stazie) Thresa?:

David Busha Southbridge, Worcester, MA abt 1804 Canada White Male

Josephine Busha Southbridge, Worcester, MA abt 1851 Canada White Female

Rosa Busha Southbridge, Worcester, MA abt 1809 Canada White Female

Thresa Busha Southbridge, Worcester, MA abt 1849 Canada White Female

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 Marriage of Child
Mathilda BOUCHER married 26 January 1870, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to François "Francis" LAVALLEE

1872 Death of Child
Moise (Moyse) BOUCHER died 12 October 1872, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Rose was 62 years old.

1873 Marriage of Child
Josephine BOUCHER married 28 July 1873, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Paul FORCIER (FORTIER)

1873 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anastasie BOUCHER married 14 September 1873, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Augustin TREMBLAY

1874 Death of Child
Sophie Helena BOUCHER died 13 October 1874, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Rose was 64 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Death
Name: Rosa Bushie
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 05 May 1877
Death Place: Southbridge, Mass.
Age: 69
Birth Date: 1808
Birthplace: Canada
Occupation:
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joseph Demore
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Name: ...
Mother's Birthplace: ...
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06769-2
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960213
Reference Number: v 294 p 360
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

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1877
Rosa Bushie, died May 5, 1877 in Southbridge of Fever at the age of 69. She was born in Canada. Her father was Joseph Demare.
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Rose DEMERS - Gravestone - Old Notre Dame Cemetery, Charlton St., Southbridge, MA

Gravestone - Old Notre Dame Cemetery, Charlton St., Southbridge, MA

Old Notre Dame, St. Mary's, Sacred Heart Cemetery
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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