Jean-Baptiste DEMERS

Born

20 September 1800 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

14 December 1871 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Jean DEMERS dit CHEVILLE Marie-Josephe TRIHER (TRIERE) dite LAVIGEUR

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Born: 20 September 1800 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean DEMERS dit CHEVILLE

Mother: Marie-Josephe TRIHER (TRIERE) dite LAVIGEUR

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DEMERS dit CHEFDEVILLE , Marie-Anne PAQUET dite LARIVIERE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre TRIHER (TRIERE) dit LAVIGEUR , Jeanne CUSSON

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise BOUCHER 30 September 1823 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Marie-Louise BOUCHER was born 17 June 1803 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 22 May 1863 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Marie-Louise LAREAU.

Jean-Baptiste DEMERS died 14 December 1871 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada.
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Jean-Baptiste DEMERS married

Marie-Louise BOUCHER
Marriage date: 30 September 1823
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Marie-Louise BOUCHER

Domatilde DEMERS

Born: 17 March 1825, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 June 1825, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Jean DEMERS

Born: 19 April 1826, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Louise DEMERS

Born: 28 December 1827, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 10 March 1828, Iberville, Lower Canada

Rosalie "Rose" DEMERS

Born: 12 January 1829, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 12 August 1870, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie DEMERS

Born: 12 January 1830, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 19 January 1830, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Euphrosine DEMERS

Born: 26 February 1831, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 12 March 1831, Iberville, Lower Canada

Louis DEMERS

Born: 26 February 1831, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 8 April 1831, Iberville, Lower Canada

Aurelie DEMERS

Born: 17 March 1832, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 8 August 1832, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Marie Marguerite "Magey" DEMERS

Born: 12 April 1835, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 8 February 1875, Wheatland, Rice, Minnesota, USA

Medard DEMERS (DEMARS)

Born: 3 March 1837, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 22 May 1907, Staples, Todd, Minnesota, USA

Celeste DEMERS

Born: 21 March 1839, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 8 February 1917, Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Marie Philomene DEMERS

Born: 17 June 1841, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 14 July 1900, Browerville, Todd, Minnesota, USA

Sophronie DEMERS

Born: abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 January 1914, Longueuil, Québec, Canada

Marie DEMERS

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Felix DEMERS

Born: 26 April 1846, Iberville, Canada East
Died: 29 June 1846, Iberville, Canada East

Louis DEMERS

Born: abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1800
20 September 1800
L'Acadie, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Marie-Louise BOUCHER 30 September 1823, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Domatilde DEMERS was born 17 March 1825, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Jean DEMERS was born 19 April 1826, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Louise DEMERS was born 28 December 1827, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1828 Death of Child
Louise DEMERS died 10 March 1828, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Rosalie "Rose" DEMERS was born 12 January 1829, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie DEMERS was born 12 January 1830, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Euphrosine DEMERS was born 26 February 1831, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1831 Birth of Child
Louis DEMERS was born 26 February 1831, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Aurelie DEMERS was born 17 March 1832, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Marie Marguerite "Magey" DEMERS was born 12 April 1835, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Medard DEMERS (DEMARS) was born 3 March 1837, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Celeste DEMERS was born 21 March 1839, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Marie Philomene DEMERS was born 17 June 1841, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Felix DEMERS was born 26 April 1846, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise BOUCHER died 22 May 1863, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.