Etienne DEMERS

Born

2 October 1765 , Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 September 1840 , Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Louis-Etienne DEMERS Marguerite DEMERS

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Born: 2 October 1765 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis-Etienne DEMERS

Mother: Marguerite DEMERS

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DEMERS , Geneviève HUARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph DEMERS (DUMAIS) , Josephte GINGRAS

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Etienne married Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU 23 August 1791 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU was born 21 February 1770 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Josephe died 3 November 1848 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMONEAU and Marie-Claire JALBERT.

Etienne DEMERS died 8 September 1840 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Etienne DEMERS married

Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU
Marriage date: 23 August 1791
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMONEAU and Marie-Claire JALBERT

Children of Etienne DEMERS and Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU

Julien DEMERS

Born: 20 July 1802, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: 24 September 1871, Laurierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Adelaide MORIN 19 September 1831 Place: Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon)

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Birth — 1765
2 October 1765
Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage / Partner
Etienne DEMERS and Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU 23 August 1791, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 25 years old.

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

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

1802 Birth of Child
Julien DEMERS was born 20 July 1802, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Etienne was 36 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

1831 Marriage of Child
Julien DEMERS married 19 September 1831, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon) to Adelaide MORIN

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)