flag female ancestor  Catherine  DEMERS

  (b. 30 November 1800 Chambly, Lower Canada   d. 14 May 1890 Iberville, Québec, Canada )  

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Catherine DEMERS was born 30 November 1800 in Chambly, Lower Canada

Catherine DEMERS was the child of Joseph DEMERS   and   Catherine MONETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph DEMERS dit CHEFDEVILLE and Marie-Anne PAQUET dite LARIVIERE (maternal)  Rene MONET dit BOISMENU and Catherine MULAIRE (MILAIRE)

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

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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly).  Jean-Baptiste died 24 September 1886 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury).  Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS and Anne DARCHE.

Catherine DEMERS died 14 May 1890 in Iberville, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Catherine DEMERS

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Catherine DEMERS married flag male ancestor Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS-- Date: 11 April 1826 Place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS and Anne DARCHE




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Children of Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS and Catherine DEMERS:

flag male ancestor Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS (b.28 April 1827, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada  d. 16 January 1885, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

flag female ancestor Marie-Melodie BEAUVAIS (b.18 January 1829, Iberville, Lower Canada   d. 9 June 1913, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

flag male ancestor Antoine BEAUVAIS (b.5 March 1830, Iberville, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag female ancestor Emilie BEAUVAIS (b.18 March 1833, Henryville, Lower Canada   d. 5 October 1907, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

flag male ancestor Moise BEAUVAIS (b.23 November 1834, Henryville, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag male ancestor David BEAUVAIS (b.4 December 1836, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada  d. , )

flag male ancestor Joseph BEAUVAIS (b.26 July 1839, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada  d. 16 June 1913, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA)

flag female ancestor Mathilde BEAUVAIS (b.4 November 1841, Iberville, Canada East   d. 22 January 1916, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

flag female ancestor Philomene BEAUVAIS (b.6 April 1845, Iberville, Canada East   d. , )



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birth1800 Birth
30 November 1800
Chambly, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1826 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DEMERS and Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS 11 April 1826, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

She was 25 years old.
1827 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS was born 28 April 1827, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 26 years old.
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.
Kings and Queens1830 - 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 Birth of Child
David BEAUVAIS was born 4 December 1836, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 36 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1839 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUVAIS was born 26 July 1839, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 38 years old.
News1841 - 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.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 Birth of Child
Philomene BEAUVAIS was born 6 April 1845, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Catherine was 44 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1885 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS died 16 January 1885, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Catherine was 84 years old.
News1885 - 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)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
death1890 Death
14 May 1890
Iberville, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 89.
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