Francois-Amable DEMERS

(b. 12 August 1744 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1821 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada )

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Francois-Amable DEMERS was born 12 August 1744 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Francois-Amable DEMERS was the child of Pierre DEMERS and Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre DEMERS and Marie-Anne JETTE (maternal) François-Xavier PRUD'HOMME and Cecile GERVAIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Francois-Amable married Geneviève MORIER 27 January 1766 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève MORIER was born 15 November 1744 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève died 11 April 1787 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Geneviève was the child of Mathurin MORIER and Marie-Jeanne CHORET.

Francois-Amable DEMERS died 29 January 1821 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada .

m. Morier Genevieve
m. Robidoux Marguerite

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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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Francois-Amable DEMERS married

Geneviève MORIER-- Date: 27 January 1766 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève MORIER was the child of Mathurin MORIER and Marie-Jeanne CHORET

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Children of Francois-Amable DEMERS and Geneviève MORIER:

François DEMERS (b.21 November 1767, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 September 1843, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada East )
m. Marguerite MICLET 19 September 1796 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Geneviève DEMERS (b.12 March 1773, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 January 1835, Chambly, Lower Canada )
m. François DUFRESNE 26 September 1796 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

François DEMERS (b.2 February 1784, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 March 1814, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Geneviève BEAUDOIN 25 May 1809 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1744 Birth
12 August 1744
Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Amable DEMERS and Geneviève MORIER 27 January 1766, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
François DEMERS was born 21 November 1767, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Francois-Amable was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Geneviève DEMERS was born 12 March 1773, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Francois-Amable was 28 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
François DEMERS was born 2 February 1784, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Francois-Amable was 39 years old.

1787 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève MORIER died 11 April 1787, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
François DEMERS married 19 September 1796, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Marguerite MICLET

1796 Marriage of Child
Geneviève DEMERS married 26 September 1796, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to François DUFRESNE

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

1809 Marriage of Child
François DEMERS married 25 May 1809, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Geneviève BEAUDOIN

1814 Death of Child
François DEMERS died 29 March 1814, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Francois-Amable was 69 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

1821 Death
29 January 1821
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 76.

Added: 7/4/2019 12:01:48 PM - Updated: 2/21/2024 12:53:22 PM