Pierre DEMERS

(b. 28 October 1727 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1795 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DEMERS was born 28 October 1727 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Pierre DEMERS was the child of Pierre DEMERS and Françoise HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne POUILLOT (maternal) Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Louise-Françoise BEAUDET

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

Pierre married Marie-Françoise AYOTTE 22 February 1751 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise AYOTTE was born 10 January 1732 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste HAYOT (AYOTTE) and Angélique-Françoise GENEST dite LABARRE.

Pierre DEMERS died 15 May 1795 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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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Pierre DEMERS married

Marie-Françoise AYOTTE-- Date: 22 February 1751 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise AYOTTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste HAYOT (AYOTTE) and Angélique-Françoise GENEST dite LABARRE

Children of Pierre DEMERS and Marie-Françoise AYOTTE:

Louis-Joseph DEMERS (b.7 October 1758, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1841, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East )
m. Marie-Antoinette DECASTEL 16 October 1781 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Francois DEMERS (b.25 October 1760, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Anne FOISY 4 July 1791 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1727 Birth
28 October 1727
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DEMERS and Marie-Françoise AYOTTE 22 February 1751, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Birth of Child
Louis-Joseph DEMERS was born 7 October 1758, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 30 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Francois DEMERS was born 25 October 1760, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 33 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.