François DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Born

10 February 1663 , Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

19 July 1717 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

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Étienne DEMERS (DUMAIS)Françoise MORIN

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Born: 10 February 1663 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Étienne DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Mother: Françoise MORIN

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

François married Jeanne ROUANNAIS abt. 1700 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jeanne ROUANNAIS was born 3 October 1662 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jeanne died 4 December 1738 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jeanne was the child of François ROUANNAIS and Jeanne-Perrine MEUNIER (LEMEUNIER).

François DEMERS (DUMAIS) died 19 July 1717 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .
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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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François DEMERS (DUMAIS) married

Jeanne ROUANNAIS
Marriage date: abt. 1700
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jeanne ROUANNAIS was the child of François ROUANNAIS and Jeanne-Perrine MEUNIER (LEMEUNIER)

Marriage notes:

According to PRDH a marriage contract was signed in 1700 in an undetermined place in Quebec between Francois Dumais and Jeanne Roanes

Children of François DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne ROUANNAIS

Jean-François DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Born: 6 November 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 30 September 1776, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte DENEAU (DENIAU) 15 April 1720 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

René DEMERS (DUMAY)

Born: 25 February 1702, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Pierre DUMAY (DEMERS)

Born: 8 June 1704, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 4 May 1730, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Angélique GERVAIS 06 April 1728 Place: Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

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Baptism
Baptism found at Notre-Dame-de-Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Birth — 1663
10 February 1663
Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1681 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
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1700 Birth of Child
Jean-François DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 6 November 1700, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

François was 37 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
René DEMERS (DUMAY) was born 25 February 1702, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

François was 39 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Pierre DUMAY (DEMERS) was born 8 June 1704, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

François was 41 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France