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Ancestor is complete! immigrant - Canada to US  female ancestor  Rose  DEMERS

Born
17 June 1810 Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Age: 69
Cause of Death: fever
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, Lower Canada.  Jean Baptiste David died 2 April 1877 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .  Jean Baptiste David was the child of Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Marie-Louise LAREAU .

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Rose was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1864.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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, Lower Canada.  Jean Baptiste David died 2 April 1877 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .  Jean Baptiste David was the child of Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Marie-Louise LAREAU.




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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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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Rose DEMERS

Children of Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER and Rose DEMERS


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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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BirthBirth — 1810
17 June 1810
Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Rose DEMERS - 1810 Baptism. St-Luc, St-Jean, Quebec.
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1810 Baptism. St-Luc, St-Jean, Quebec.

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marriage1830 Marriage / Partner
Rose DEMERS and Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER 12 January 1830, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.
1830 Birth of Child
David BOUCHER was born 17 November 1830, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Rose was 20 years old.
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 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.
Invention 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 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 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.
1851 Birth of Child
Josephine BOUCHER was born 23 March 1851, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Québec, Canada

Rose was 40 years old.
marriage1851 Marriage of Child
David BOUCHER married 2 June 1851, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East 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.
marriage1855 Marriage of Child
Euphrosine BOUCHER married 27 November 1855, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East to Joseph MCDERMOTT
marriage1857 Marriage of Child
Moise (Moyse) BOUCHER married 7 January 1857, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East to Angélique CYR
marriage1857 Marriage of Child
Rose BOUCHER married 7 January 1857, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East to Joseph LUC (LUKE)
marriage1858 Marriage of Child
Philomene BOUCHER married 10 May 1858, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East to Pierre BENJAMIN
marriage1863 Marriage of Child
Sophie Helena BOUCHER married 20 November 1863, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East to François CHALOUX (CHALON)
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
marriage1866 Marriage of Child
Alfred BOUCHER married 12 February 1866, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Celina MOREAU dite DESOURDIT
marriage1866 Marriage of Child
Hubert "Albert" BOUCHER married 15 November 1866, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Catherine BOISVERT
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
marriage1870 Marriage of Child
Mathilda BOUCHER married 26 January 1870, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA 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.
marriage1873 Marriage of Child
Josephine BOUCHER married 28 July 1873, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Paul FORCIER (FORTIER)
marriage1873 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anastasie BOUCHER married 14 September 1873, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA 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.
1877 Death
Name: Rosa Bushie
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 05 May 1877
Death
Place: Southbridge, Mass.
Age: 69
Birth Date: 1808
Birth
Place: Canada
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Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
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Name:
Father's
Name: Joseph Demore
Father's Birth
Place: Canada
Mother's
Name: ...
Mother's Birth
Place: ...
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

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

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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1877 Death. Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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220 Charlton Street
Southbridge, Massachusetts
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Historical names: Globe · Lensdale · Saundersdale · Shuttleville
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