Etienne DEMERS

(b. 17 February 1754 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1822 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Etienne DEMERS was born 17 February 1754 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Etienne DEMERS was the child of Jean DEMERS and Marie-Anne DUSSAULT dite LAFLEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE (maternal) Pierre DUSSAULT dit LAFLEUR and Geneviève HUARD

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

Etienne married Madeleine MAHEU 14 October 1794 in Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine MAHEU was born abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Madeleine died 22 September 1835 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste MAHEU and Angélique MARCOUX.

Etienne DEMERS died 8 September 1822 in Lauzon, Lévis, 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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Etienne DEMERS married

Madeleine MAHEU-- Date: 14 October 1794 Place: Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada
Madeleine MAHEU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MAHEU and Angélique MARCOUX

Children of Etienne DEMERS and Madeleine MAHEU:

Angélique DEMERS (b.19 July 1806, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 1 March 1887, St-Romuald d'Etchemin, Canada)
m. Julien LAMBERT 10 January 1826 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1754 Birth
17 February 1754
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

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.

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)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Etienne DEMERS and Madeleine MAHEU 14 October 1794 , Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 40 years old.

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

1806 Birth of Child
Angélique DEMERS was born 19 July 1806, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Etienne was 52 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