Jeanne VOIDY

(b. abt. 1637 , France d. 7 December 1708 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Jeanne VOIDY was born abt. 1637 in France

Jeanne VOIDY was the child of ? and ?

Jeanne was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1654. To learn more about the Filles à Marier, visit: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France

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Jeanne married Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) 9 November 1654 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children. Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 6 February 1633 in Dieppe, France. Jean died 5 July 1708 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Jeanne VOIDY died 7 December 1708 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Born St-Germain Val, La Fleche, Anjou, France

Daughter of Michel Voidy and Catherine Dorbelle

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Jeanne VOIDY married

Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS)-- 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:

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

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

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

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

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)

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)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

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.

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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)

1669 Birth of Child
Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 26 March 1669, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1673 Birth of Child
Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 5 May 1673, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1673 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)

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)

1681 Census - Lauzon, 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)

1688 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 3 May 1688, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Gabriel DUCHESNE

1691 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)

1693 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 14 October 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Michel CUREUX dit ST-GERMAIN

1693 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 12 November 1693, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Georges-Guillaume MARION dit FONTAINE

1694 Marriage of Child
Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 3 November 1694, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie-Françoise DUBOIS

1696 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

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Marriage of Child
Nicolas DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 3 May 1700, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Anne ROCHON

1703 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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