Alexis DEMERS

Born

12 May 1816 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Died

19 April 1891 , Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DEMERS Reine LETOURNEAU

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Born: 12 May 1816 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DEMERS

Mother: Reine LETOURNEAU

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas DEMERS , Rosalie BONIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LETOURNEAU , Marie Anne CONNOR

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Alexis married Rose De Lima (Linea) LIPPE 17 June 1861 in Lanoraie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Rose De Lima (Linea) LIPPE was born 31 October 1826 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Rose De Lima (Linea) died 14 October 1907 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Rose De Lima (Linea) was the child of Joseph-René LIPPE and Sophie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE.

Alexis DEMERS died 19 April 1891 in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada.

married (1) Luce Desrosiers, 12 April 1847, in Lanoraie, Quebec

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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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Alexis DEMERS married

Rose De Lima (Linea) LIPPE
Marriage date: 17 June 1861
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Canada East
Rose De Lima (Linea) LIPPE was the child of Joseph-René LIPPE and Sophie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Alexis DEMERS and Rose De Lima (Linea) LIPPE

Rose-Delima DEMERS

Born: 28 March 1862, Québec, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie DEMERS

Born: abt. 1865, Lanoraie, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Louise DEMERS

Born: 31 December 1866, Lanoraie, Canada East
Died: ,

Euphronsine DEMERS

Born: abt. 1869, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1816
12 May 1816
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 Marriage / Partner
Alexis DEMERS and Rose De Lima (Linea) LIPPE 17 June 1861, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 45 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Rose-Delima DEMERS was born 28 March 1862, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Alexis was 45 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DEMERS was born 31 December 1866, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Alexis was 50 years old.

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.