Catherine DEMERS

Born

30 November 1800 , Chambly, Lower Canada

Died

14 May 1890 , Iberville, Québec, Canada

Catherine married Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS 11 April 1826 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS was born 20 November 1800 in Chambly, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste died 24 September 1886 in Iberville, Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS and Anne DARCHE .

Parents & Family of Catherine DEMERS

Parents of Catherine DEMERS

Father

Joseph DEMERS

Mother

Catherine MONETTE

Grandparents of Catherine DEMERS

Paternal grandparents

Joseph DEMERS dit CHEFDEVILLE Marie-Anne PAQUET dite LARIVIERE

Maternal grandparents

Rene MONET dit BOISMENU Catherine MULAIRE (MILAIRE)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine DEMERS

Catherine DEMERS married

Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS
Marriage date: 11 April 1826
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS and Anne DARCHE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS and Catherine DEMERS

Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS

Born: 28 April 1827, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 16 January 1885, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Marie-Melodie BEAUVAIS

Born: 18 January 1829, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 9 June 1913, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Antoine BEAUVAIS

Born: 5 March 1830, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Emilie BEAUVAIS

Born: 18 March 1833, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: 5 October 1907, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Moise BEAUVAIS

Born: 23 November 1834, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

David BEAUVAIS

Born: 4 December 1836, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Joseph BEAUVAIS

Born: 26 July 1839, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 16 June 1913, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Mathilde BEAUVAIS

Born: 4 November 1841, Iberville, Canada East
Died: 22 January 1916, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Philomene BEAUVAIS

Born: 6 April 1845, Iberville, Canada East
Died: ,

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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 — 1800
30 November 1800
Chambly, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DEMERS and Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS 11 April 1826, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

She was 25 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS was born 28 April 1827, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 26 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Marie-Melodie BEAUVAIS was born 18 January 1829, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Catherine was 28 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Antoine BEAUVAIS was born 5 March 1830, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Catherine was 29 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Emilie BEAUVAIS was born 18 March 1833, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Catherine was 32 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Moise BEAUVAIS was born 23 November 1834, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Catherine was 34 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
David BEAUVAIS was born 4 December 1836, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 36 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1839 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUVAIS was born 26 July 1839, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 38 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Mathilde BEAUVAIS was born 4 November 1841, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Catherine was 40 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Philomene BEAUVAIS was born 6 April 1845, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Catherine was 44 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS died 16 January 1885, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Catherine was 84 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS died 24 September 1886, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

Death — 1890
14 May 1890
Iberville, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 89.

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