Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS)

(b. 6 July 1661 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 11 July 1736 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 6 July 1661 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) was the child of Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne VOIDY (VEDIE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean DUMAIS and Barbe MAUGER (MAUGIS)

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

Jean married Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE 2 May 1696 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE was born 13 March 1669 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jeanne died 25 June 1748 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Jeanne was the child of Jean ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) and Jeanne BARBEREAU (BARBARET).

Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) died 11 July 1736 in Québec, Canada, New France .

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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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Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) married

Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE-- Date: 2 May 1696 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE was the child of Jean ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) and Jeanne BARBEREAU (BARBARET)

Children of Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE:

Francoise DEMERS (b.16 May 1698, Québec, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1766, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Charles TINON dit DESROCHES 8 November 1729 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Angelique DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.7 December 1701, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 15 January 1786, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Augustin NORMANDEAU dit DESLAURIERS 5 September 1725 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis DEMERS (b.12 November 1703, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Thérèse GAGNON 11 February 1730 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) (b.abt. 1705, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 January 1787, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Jean-Francois TINON dit DESROCHES 4 November 1732 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean DEMERS (b.24 April 1709, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1777, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne DUSSAULT dite LAFLEUR 9 February 1739 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Rene DEMERS (b.27 July 1710, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1758, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Louise DAVID 27 July 1745 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph DEMERS (b.7 May 1711, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 19 December 1749, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Geneviève HUARD 15 February 1735 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1661 Birth
6 July 1661
Montréal, Canada, New France

Baptism
Baptism found at Notre-Dame-de-Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada in Drouin Collection
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1681 Levis County, Quebec
Jean Dumets, habitant, 50 years old, married
Jeanne Voidy, 43 years old, married
Francois Dumets, 25 years
Jean Dumets, 20 years
Pierre Dumets, 18 years
Anne Dumets, 16 years
Rene Dumets, 14 years,
Madeleine Dumets, 12 years
Andre Dumets, 10 years
Eustache Dumets, 9 years
Catherine Duments, 6 years
Nicolas Dumets, 4 years
Jean Dumets, 1 month

They owned one gun, 8 head of cattle and 30 arpents of cleared land.
1681 Census - New France
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1696 Marriage / Partner
Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE 2 May 1696, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 34 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Birth of Child
Francoise DEMERS was born 16 May 1698, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 36 years old.

1701 Birth of Child
Angelique DEMERS (DUMAIS) was born 7 December 1701, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean was 40 years old.

1703 Birth of Child
Louis DEMERS was born 12 November 1703, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 42 years old.

1709 Birth of Child
Jean DEMERS was born 24 April 1709, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean was 47 years old.

1710 Birth of Child
Rene DEMERS was born 27 July 1710, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean was 49 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Joseph DEMERS was born 7 May 1711, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean was 49 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1725 Marriage of Child
Angelique DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 5 September 1725, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Augustin NORMANDEAU dit DESLAURIERS

1729 Marriage of Child
Francoise DEMERS married 8 November 1729 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Charles TINON dit DESROCHES

1730 Marriage of Child
Louis DEMERS married 11 February 1730, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Thérèse GAGNON

1732 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) married 4 November 1732 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Jean-Francois TINON dit DESROCHES

1735 Marriage of Child
Joseph DEMERS married 15 February 1735, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Geneviève HUARD