Michel DEMERS

Born

12 August 1726 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

1 September 1793 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DEMERS (DUMAIS)Marie-Anne LAUZON

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Born: 12 August 1726 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Mother: Marie-Anne LAUZON

Paternal grandparents: Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) , Marie DUBOIS

Maternal grandparents: Michel LAUZON , Marie-Anne COITOU dite ST-JEAN

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Michel married Francoise LACOMBE 12 January 1750 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise LACOMBE was born 28 January 1725 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . Francoise died 26 April 1771 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Francoise was the child of Jean LACOMBE and Marguerite DIEL.

Michel DEMERS died 1 September 1793 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada .
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Francoise LACOMBE
Marriage date: 12 January 1750
Marriage place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

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Francoise LACOMBE was the child of Jean LACOMBE and Marguerite DIEL

Children of Michel DEMERS and Francoise LACOMBE

Jean-Baptiste DEMERS

Born: 30 April 1751, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Genevieve PAQUET 23 January 1786 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

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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 — 1726
12 August 1726
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Michel DEMERS and Francoise LACOMBE 12 January 1750, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 23 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS was born 30 April 1751, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Michel was 24 years old.

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.

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francoise LACOMBE died 26 April 1771, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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)

1786 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS married 23 January 1786, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Genevieve PAQUET

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

Death — 1793
1 September 1793
Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 67.

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