flag male ancestor  Francois-Corneille  DESMARAIS

  (b. 16 September 1767 Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 16 June 1842 Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )  

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Francois-Corneille DESMARAIS was born 16 September 1767 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Francois-Corneille DESMARAIS was the child of Michel DESMARAIS   and   Marie-Josephte BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE and Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE (maternal)  Pierre BROSSEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephte LANGLOIS

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

Francois-Corneille  married  Charlotte HANDFIELD 4 November 1799 in Verchères, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Charlotte HANDFIELD  was born 19 November 1778 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres).  Charlotte died 14 December 1855 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur).  Charlotte was the child of Thomas HANDFIELD and Marie-Josephte-Genevieve SENÉCAL.

Francois-Corneille DESMARAIS died 16 June 1842 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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