Frederic DEMERS

Born

5 December 1792 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Died

6 May 1874 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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Basile DEMERS Marie-Charlotte JEREMIE dite DOUVILLE

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Born: 5 December 1792 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Father: Basile DEMERS

Mother: Marie-Charlotte JEREMIE dite DOUVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS , Françoise PAQUET

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Denis JEREMIE dit DOUVILLE , Marie-Ursule GESSERON dite BRULOT

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Frederic married Suzanne FRECHETTE 9 November 1813 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Suzanne FRECHETTE was born 19 February 1796 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Suzanne died 30 July 1834 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Suzanne was the child of François-Xavier FRECHETTE and Marie-Louise DEMERS.

Frederic DEMERS died 6 May 1874 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada .
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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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Frederic DEMERS married

Suzanne FRECHETTE
Marriage date: 9 November 1813
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Suzanne FRECHETTE was the child of François-Xavier FRECHETTE and Marie-Louise DEMERS

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Honore DEMERS

Born: 3 January 1816, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: 6 April 1900, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Married: Esther BERGERON 4 January 1840 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1792
5 December 1792
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

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

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Frederic DEMERS and Suzanne FRECHETTE 9 November 1813, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Honore DEMERS was born 3 January 1816, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Frederic was 23 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

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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Suzanne FRECHETTE died 30 July 1834, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Honore DEMERS married 4 January 1840, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Esther BERGERON

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)

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

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.