Adelaide
DEMERS
(b.
October 1813
,
Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
d.
25 October 1900
,
Hull, Québec, Canada
)
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Adelaide DEMERS was born October 1813 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
Adelaide DEMERS was the child of Eustache DEMERS and Marie-Elisabeth FRESNAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DEMERS and Marie Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACISERAYE (maternal) Leonard FRESNAY and Cecile DUBESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Adelaide married Louis MAHEU 14 July 1840 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis MAHEU was born 16 December 1819 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Louis died 4 June 1894 in Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)* . Louis was the child of Louis MAHEU and Angelique-Amable PERRIER.
Adelaide DEMERS died 25 October 1900 in Hull, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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 Adelaide DEMERS
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Louis MAHEU-- Date: 14 July 1840 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Louis MAHEU was the child of Louis MAHEU and Angelique-Amable PERRIER
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Louis MAHEU and Adelaide DEMERS:
Marie Sophie Adelaide MAHEU (b.17 July 1853, Carillon, Quebec, Canada d. 4 August 1927, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
m. Etienne BOURGUIGNON 26 May 1873
Louis MAHEU-- Date: 14 July 1840 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower CanadaLouis MAHEU was the child of Louis MAHEU and Angelique-Amable PERRIER
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Louis MAHEU and Adelaide DEMERS:
Marie Sophie Adelaide MAHEU (b.17 July 1853, Carillon, Quebec, Canada d. 4 August 1927, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)m. Etienne BOURGUIGNON 26 May 1873
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1813 Birth October 1813
Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1840 Marriage / PartnerAdelaide DEMERS and Louis MAHEU 14 July 1840, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada
She was 26 years old.
1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1853 Birth of ChildMarie Sophie Adelaide MAHEU was born 17 July 1853, Carillon, Quebec, Canada
Adelaide was 39 years old.
1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1894 Death of Spouse/PartnerLouis MAHEU died 4 June 1894, Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)*
1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1900 Death 25 October 1900
Hull, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 87.
Added: 10/17/2025 1:07:03 PM
- Updated: 11/21/2025 3:29:07 PM
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