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  (b. 6 February 1633 Dieppe, France   d. 5 July 1708 Québec, Canada, New France )  

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Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 6 February 1633 in Dieppe, France

Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) was the child of ?   and   ?

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1654.

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

Jean  married  Jeanne VOIDY 9 November 1654 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 12 children. Jeanne VOIDY  was born abt. 1637 in France.  Jeanne died 7 December 1708 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). 

Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) died 5 July 1708 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Jean Demers and Barbe Mauger

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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.

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS)

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Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) married Ancestor is complete!immigrant Fille a Marier flag female ancestor Jeanne VOIDY-- Date: 9 November 1654 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
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Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Jean Dumets and Jeanne Vodie

"Jean DuMet etait fils de Jean DuMet et de Barbe Maugis de la paroisse de St-Jacques de Dieppe, en France. L'epouse s'appelait Jeanne Vedie ou Voidy (I), fille de Michel Vedie ou Voidy et de Catherine Dorbelle de St-Germain, eveche d'Angers."...

"Jean Demers et Jeanne Voidy eutent douze enfants, baptises a Montreal, a Sillery et a Quebec. Qutare garcons - Pierre, Eustache, Rene et Jean-Nicolas - et deux filles - Marguerite, mariee a Andre Bergereon, et Catherine, mariee a George Marion - s'etablirent a St-Nicolas, ou ils devinrent les souches des nombreuses familles de Demers dans cette pariosse (1). Jean Demers, par sa longue experience acquise, au prix de bien des travaux et de bein des sacrficies, etait en position de guider surement ses enfants et de les etablir aux endroits les plus fertiles de la cote Lauzon (2)."

Title Monographie: La paroisse de St. Romuald d'Etchemin, avant et depuis son érection
Author Benjamin Demers
Publisher J. A. K. Laflamme, imprimeur, 1906
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Feb 20, 2008
Length 396 pages
Pages 35-36


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Children of Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne VOIDY:

flag male ancestor François DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.16 February 1658, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 4 November 1687, Montréal, Canada, New France )

flag female ancestor Marguerite DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.4 October 1659, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. abt. 1723, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Andre BERGERON 9 July 1673 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

flag male ancestor Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.6 July 1661, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 11 July 1736, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE 2 May 1696 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

flag male ancestor Pierre DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.8 October 1663, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 7 July 1714, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jeanne POUILLOT 1 November 1691 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Jeanne HOUDE 31 July 1703 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

flag female ancestor Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.30 August 1665, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 5 October 1711, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Gabriel DUCHESNE 3 May 1688 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Michel CUREUX dit ST-GERMAIN 14 October 1693 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

flag male ancestor René DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.13 August 1667, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 21 December 1729, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Anne DUBOIS abt. 1690 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE 5 February 1714 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

flag female ancestor Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.26 March 1669, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 15 December 1742 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Georges-Guillaume MARION dit FONTAINE 12 November 1693 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

flag male ancestor Andre DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.abt. 1671, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )

flag male ancestor Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.5 May 1673, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 14 December 1708, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise DUBOIS 3 November 1694 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

flag female ancestor Catherine DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.4 April 1675, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 5 July 1693, Québec, Canada, New France )

flag male ancestor Nicolas DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.18 May 1677, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 17 December 1740, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Anne ROCHON 3 May 1700 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

flag male ancestor Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.abt. 1680, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )


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birth1633 Birth
6 February 1633
Dieppe, France
Biography
DEMERS - alteration of 'DUMETS', derived from 'LE METZ', nickname given to one who comes from one of the places called 'Le Metz'. Jean Demers-Dumets was baptized on February 9, 1633 in St-Jacques, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of Jean Dumais and Barbe Mauger, he married Jeanne Voidie-Vedie, daughter of Michel and Catherine Borbelle, on November 9, 1654 in Montreal. From this union were born 12 children. Arrived in the country in 1646, accompanied by his father, and his 2 brothers, he settled first in Montreal, then on the seigneury of Lauzon. He carried out numerous transactions of sale and purchase of land and houses, before dying in Quebec on July 3, 1708.
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Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) - Title Historire de la seigneurie de Lauzon, Volume 1 Historire de la Seigneurie de Lauzon, Joseph-Edmond Roy Author Joseph-Edmond Roy Published 189
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Title Historire de la seigneurie de Lauzon, Volume 1
Historire de la Seigneurie de Lauzon, Joseph-Edmond Roy
Author Joseph-Edmond Roy
Published 1897
Original from Columbia University
Digitized Dec 7, 2009

Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) - Title Historire de la seigneurie de Lauzon, Volume 1 Historire de la Seigneurie de Lauzon, Joseph-Edmond Roy Author Joseph-Edmond Roy Published 189
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Title Historire de la seigneurie de Lauzon, Volume 1
Historire de la Seigneurie de Lauzon, Joseph-Edmond Roy
Author Joseph-Edmond Roy
Published 1897
Original from Columbia University
Digitized Dec 7, 2009

marriage1654 Marriage / Partner
Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne VOIDY 9 November 1654, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 21 years old.
1658 Birth of Child
François DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 16 February 1658, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean was 25 years old.
1659 Birth of Child
Marguerite DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 4 October 1659, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean was 26 years old.
1661 Birth of Child
Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 6 July 1661, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean was 28 years old.
1663 Birth of Child
Pierre DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 8 October 1663, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

Jean was 30 years old.
1665 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 30 August 1665, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

Jean was 32 years old.
1667 Census - Levis County, Quebec
Jean Dumestz, habitant, 40 years, married
Jeanne Voidy, 30 years, married
Francois Dumestz, 9 years
Marguerite Dumestz, 8 years
Jean Dumestz, 6 years
Pierre Dumestz, 4 years
Anne Dumestz, 2 years
Rene Dumestz, 2 months


They owned one head of cattle and had eight arpents of land under cultivation. Generally, eight arpents meant clearing land for at least four years.
1667 Birth of Child
René DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 13 August 1667, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

Jean was 34 years old.
1669 Birth of Child
Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 26 March 1669, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 36 years old.
1673 Birth of Child
Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 5 May 1673, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 40 years old.
marriage1673 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 9 July 1673, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Andre BERGERON
1675 Birth of Child
Catherine DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 4 April 1675, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 42 years old.
1677 Birth of Child
Nicolas DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 18 May 1677, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

Jean was 44 years old.
1681 Census - Levis County, Quebec
Jean Dumets, habitant, 50 years old, married
Jeanne Voidy, 43 years old, married
Francois Dumets, 25 years
Jean Dumets, 20 years
Pierre Dumets, 18 years
Anne Dumets, 16 years
Rene Dumets, 14 years,
Madeleine Dumets, 12 years
Andre Dumets, 10 years
Eustache Dumets, 9 years
Catherine Duments, 6 years
Nicolas Dumets, 4 years
Jean Dumets, 1 month

They owned one gun, 8 head of cattle and 30 arpents of cleared land.
1681 Census - New France
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1687 Death of Child
François DEMERS (DUMAIS) died 4 November 1687, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean was 54 years old.
marriage1688 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 3 May 1688, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Gabriel DUCHESNE
marriage1691 Marriage of Child
Pierre DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 1 November 1691, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jeanne POUILLOT
1693 Death of Child
Catherine DEMERS (DUMAIS) died 5 July 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 60 years old.
marriage1693 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 14 October 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Michel CUREUX dit ST-GERMAIN
marriage1693 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 12 November 1693, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Georges-Guillaume MARION dit FONTAINE
marriage1694 Marriage of Child
Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 3 November 1694, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie-Françoise DUBOIS
marriage1696 Marriage of Child
Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 2 May 1696, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE
marriage1700 Marriage of Child
Nicolas DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 3 May 1700, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Anne ROCHON
marriage1703 Marriage of Child
Pierre DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 31 July 1703 , Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Jeanne HOUDE
1708 Death
'Dix ans apres, ils decedaient tous deux dans la meme annee: jean DuMet, le 5 jullet 1708 et Jeanne Voidy, son epouse, le 7 decembre 1708. Avant leur mort, ils avaient fonde sept messes a perpetuite, dans l'eglise de Notre-Dame de Quebec.'

Title Monographie: La paroisse de St. Romuald d'Etchemin, avant et depuis son érection
Author Benjamin Demers
Publisher J. A. K. Laflamme, imprimeur, 1906
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Feb 20, 2008
Length 396 pages
Page 37
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