Marguerite DEMERS

(b. 4 October 1777 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1846 , Longueuil, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite DEMERS was born 4 October 1777 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite DEMERS was the child of Jean-François DEMERS and Thérèse GIRARD dite SANSCHAGRIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DEMERS and Marguerite POIRIER (maternal) Charles GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN and Catherine RENAUD

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Marguerite married Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) 8 October 1804 in Longueuil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 8 August 1781 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Louis died 20 July 1859 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Louis was the child of Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) and Geneviève COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE.

Marguerite DEMERS died 6 June 1846 in Longueuil, Lower Canada .
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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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Marguerite DEMERS

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Marguerite DEMERS married

Louis DENEAU (DENIAU)-- Date: 8 October 1804 Place: Longueuil, Lower Canada
Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) was the child of Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) and Geneviève COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE

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Children of Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) and Marguerite DEMERS:

Léocadie DENIAU (DAIGNEAULT) (b., , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste AUDET 23 September 1834 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

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1777 Birth
4 October 1777
Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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

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

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

1804 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DEMERS and Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) 8 October 1804, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

She was 27 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)

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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

1834 Marriage of Child
Léocadie DENIAU (DAIGNEAULT) married 23 September 1834, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Jean-Baptiste AUDET

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)