Other Events:

• Name: Baptiste Dumay
• Name: Jean Baptiste Demers
• Name: Jean Baptiste Dumais
• Name: Jean Baptiste Dumay
• Name: Jean Baptiste Dumays
• Name: Jean Baptiste Dumee
• Name: Jean Baptiste Dumet
• _UID: 38C082F9246C4BC48AE535F46E8C7AFD1B89

Jean married Marie Anne Lauzon on 12 Nov 1725 in Riviere des Prairies, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Michel Lauzon and Marie Anne Coitou) was christened on 24 Jun 1706 in Riviere des Prairies, Quebec, Canada; died on 3 Apr 1768 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 6 Apr 1768 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Michel Lauzon, father, Jean Baptiste Dumays, cousin of Jean Baptiste, Dominique Bonneau, step-father of Jean Baptiste, Jean Baptiste Coitteux, cousin of Jean Baptiste, Jean Baptiste Baudry, Francois Dumays, brother of Jean Baptiste, Michel Lauzon, Pierre Lauzon, Francois Lauzon, brothers of Marie Anne, Gilles Lauzon, Seraphin Lauzon, Pierre Coittou and Jacques Coittou, uncles of Marie Anne.

1. Michel Demers dit Dumais was born on 12 Aug 1726 in Riviere des Prairies, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 12 Aug 1726 in Riviere des Prairies, Quebec, Canada; and died.
2. Marie Genevieve Demers dit Dumais was born on 19 Oct 1728 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 20 Oct 1728 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; and died.
3. Jean Baptiste Demers dit Dumais was born on 30 Nov 1730 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 1 Dec 1730 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; and died.
4. Raphael Demers dit Dumais was born on 1 Aug 1732 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 1 Aug 1732 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; and died.
5. Joseph Francois Marie Demers dit Dumais was born on 8 Jul 1734 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 9 Jul 1734 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; and died.
6. Marie Catherine Dumais dit Demers was born on 31 Jan 1735/36 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 1 Feb 1735/36 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; died on 22 Feb 1774 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 24 Feb 1774 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada.
7. Suzanne Amable Demers dit Dumais was born on 11 Dec 1737 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 11 Dec 1737 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; and died.
8. Marie Anne Demers dit Dumais was born on 20 Oct 1739 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 21 Oct 1739 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada; and died.
9. Gabriel Eustache Demers dit Dumais was born on 12 Mar 1740/41 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 13 Mar 1740/41 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada; and died.
10. Marie Archange Demers dit Dumais was born on 16 May 1743 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 17 May 1743 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada; and died.
11. Francois Amable Demers dit Dumais was born on 26 Mar 1746 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 26 Mar 1746 in Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada; and died.

Other Events:

• Name: Eustache Demers
• Name: Eustache Dumays
• _UID: D08575D63F67428993E11FAFED7146B5AC01
• Godparents: 7 May 1673
• Census: 1681, Comte de Levis, Quebec, Canada
• Residence: 3 Nov 1694, St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Godparents:
His godparents were Eustache Delaune and Louise Demonsseaux, wife of Destamand.

Census:

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

Residence:
St. Nicolas, cote de Lauzon.

Died:
noted age 33 years

Eustache married Marie Dubois on 3 Nov 1694 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Francois Dubois dit Lafrance and Anne Guillaume) was born on 1 Apr 1676 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 8 Apr 1676 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 14 Jun 1745 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 15 Jun 1745 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: BD48A20A25F74D5FA5E621DD7C9CE9E6E91D
• Godparents: 8 Apr 1676, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Beaumont, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Godparents:
Her godparents were Charles Couillard and Marie Pasquier.

Census:

Francois Dubois, habitant, 30 years, married
Anne Quelane, 30 years, married
Anne Dubois, 8 years
Marie Dubois, 6 years
Jean Dubois, 2 years

Le redacteur a inscrit Jean Plutot que Anne Dubois, comme la reconstitution des familles nous l'indique.

They owned 6 arpents of land and a gun.


Died:
noted age 75 years

Notes:

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Jean Dumets, Pierre Lefebvre, Jean Baptiste Lafrance and Rene Dumais.

Other Events:

• Name: Jean Demers
• Name: Jean Dumais
• Name: Jean Dumay
• Name: Jean Dumers
• Name: Jean Dumet
• Residence: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• _UID: 04D74BA6BF394F3AB941C51D6845AF7AFFED
• Residence: Bef 1654, Saint Jacques, Dieppe, Rouen, France
• First mentioned in Canada: 4 Oct 1654, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 20 Aug 1655, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 10 Aug 1658, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 9 Nov 1661, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 9 Nov 1661, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 3 Nov 1662, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 11 Oct 1666, Sillery, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Levis, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 29 Jul 1668
• Land: 1 Jun 1671
• Legal Matter: 12 Dec 1678, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Levis, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 7 Jan 1685/86, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 19 Nov 1693
• Land: 11 Oct 1703, St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada
• Inventory of assets: 8 Jan 1708/09, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Immigration:
He immigrated with his family.

Residence:
It was in an area called Pointe Saint-Charles.

First mentioned in Canada:
This was at the marrage contract.

Land:
Jean and Andre each obtained 15 square arpents of land on the Saint-Pierre River, near the properties of Barbe de Boulogne. The price was 100 livres each.

Land:
Jean aquired a lot bordering his brother's in Ville-Marie. The lot had the same dimensions as his brother.

Land:
Jean resold his 15 arpents of land to his brother Andre for 500 livres.

Land:
Jean sold his small farm to his brother Andre.

Land:
Jean sold the land that he purchased in Aug 1658 to Francois Pilon de Lavallee for 170 livres.

Land:
Jean acquired a concession bordering Etienne Demers, in the seigneury of Lauzon, more precisely near the Etchemin River. The land must have belonged to Jean Mignault in 1663. Jean received his land from Jean de Lauzon by means of a certificate offered in a private agreement.

Census:

Jean Dumestz, habitant, 40 years, married
Jeanne Voidy, 30 years, married
Francois Dumestz, 9 years
Marguerite Dumestz, 8 years
Jean Dumestz, 6 years
Pierre Dumestz, 4 years
Anne Dumestz, 2 years
Rene Dumestz, 2 months


They owned one head of cattle and had eight arpents of land under cultivation. Generally, eight arpents meant clearing land for at least four years.

Land:
Jean aquired an arpent of land from Jean Adam, near his original grant, which also comprised two arpents in frontage.

Land:
Jean and Rene Leduc offically obtained their concession of 2 arpents of frontage by 40 deep.

Legal Matter:
The matter was about the Demers' pig doing damage at the Leduc home. The judges ordered the parties (Demers and Leducs) to pay 100 sols in fine "for being quarrelsome, abusive and fighting". They were also advised to "control their wives".

Census:

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.

Legal Matter:
The dispute concerned the roof of a house which belonged to Jean, and its gable which encroached on the land of Pierre Nolan, on rue Saint-Pierre, in the Lower Town. Jean's house was on rue Saint-Pierre, just under the cliff.

Land:
Jean sold his two pieces of land on the Lauzon coast to Rene Leduc.

Land:
Jean Demers and Jeanne Voidy sold their son Andre's land to Francois Frechet, junior, "this homestead belonging to their son Andre, absent for nine years, a prisoner of the English in Acadia". No one saw Andre again.


Inventory of assets:
An inventory was made of property.

Died:
noted age 86 years

Buried:
present at burial: Paul Denis, sieur de Saint-Simon, provost of the Marechaussee of Quebec; Martin Cheron, bourgeois merchant; and curate Pierre Pocquet.

Jean married Jeanne Voidy on 9 Nov 1654 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jeanne (daughter of Michel Voidy and Catherine Dorbelle) was born about 1633 in Saint Germain du Val, Anjou, France; died on 1 Dec 1708 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 3 Dec 1708 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Jean Voydi
• Name: Jeanne Vadie
• Name: Jeanne Vedie
• Name: Jeanne Verdy
• Name: Jeanne Very
• _UID: 49F8AFA72B1B45559E74F70BDB3791F82649
• Filles a Marier: 16 Nov 1653, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Levis, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Levis, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 18 Oct 1708

Notes:

Birth:
Saint Germain du Val, near La Fleche, in Anjou, France

Filles a Marier:
She arrived aboard the ?i?Saint-Nicolas?/i?, a member of the ?i?Grand Recrue?/i?.

Census:

Jean Dumestz, habitant, 40 years, married
Jeanne Voidy, 30 years, married
Francois Dumestz, 9 years
Marguerite Dumestz, 8 years
Jean Dumestz, 6 years
Pierre Dumestz, 4 years
Anne Dumestz, 2 years
Rene Dumestz, 2 months

Census:

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

Legal Matter:
Her son Rene gave a receipt to his mother for the 300 livres promised to her in her marriage contract and other amounts borrowed.

Died:
noted age 75 years

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
The contract was signed before notary Lambert Closse at Montreal.

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Paul Dechomeday, Lambert Closse and Gilbert Barbier.

Other Events:

• _UID: 3FA40EB3742F4E62AFA09AF1C8D64C03BEC0
• Immigration: Abt 1668
• Residence: 1668
• First mentioned in Canada: 1671
• Residence: 1671, Pointe a Boyer, Quebec, Canada
• Employment: 8 Jul 1680, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Beaumont, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 3 May 1681, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 15 Nov 1688, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
He was from paroisse de St. Potent, eveche de Brieux. The town of Saint-Potan is situated about 5 kilometers south-west of Guildo, in the department of Cotes-du-Nord in Brittany.
St-Potan (Cotes-d'Armor) INSEE 22323

Residence:
On the south bank of the St. Lawrence , at a place then known as "Pointe-a-Boyer", it was situated at the mouth of the Boyer River, on the eastern boundary of today's parish of Saint-Michel de Bellechasse.

Employment:
A contract was drawn up by notary Duquet which indicated that Francois Dubois dit Lafrance and Pierre Moler agreed to work for Guillaume Alvert. They were to burn and clear a piece of land with 8 days for the sum of 30 livres each and 10 minots of wheat.

Census:

Francois Dubois, habitant, 30 years, married
Anne Quelane, 30 years, married
Anne Dubois, 8 years
Marie Dubois, 6 years
Jean Dubois, 2 years

Le redacteur a inscrit Jean Plutot que Anne Dubois, comme la reconstitution des familles nous l'indique.

They owned 6 arpents of land and a gun.


Legal Matter:
Francois and Anne presented themselves at the Seminary of Quebec, before the grand vicar of the bishop, Henri de Bernieres, before the administrator Abbot Pierre Thury, and notary Gilles Rageot. The couple could no longer live decently in Beaumont. They came to the authorities to ask to "give them some work and occupation - a place to live in order to survive". They were given a place on the Lauzon coast across from the Cap-Rouge River, where they could cut wood, clear land, and fish "to their own benefit" for 5 consecutive years.

Legal Matter:
Francois went to Msgr de Laval to ask for a lease on his concession at Saint-Nicolas. He had cleared and cultivated between 8 and 9 arpents, built a half-timbered house covered with planks with a masonry chimney, and a thirty-foot long shed. Laval owned these 28 arpents of land. Francois could lease the land for 100 livres a year, to be paid in silver, in products from the land or in fish, understood as eels. They could not sell firewood unless it was pine. Francois signed this contract along with Francois Genaple.

Died:
noted age 70 years

Francois married Anne Guillaume on 19 Oct 1671 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Anne (daughter of Michel Guillaume and Germaine Ermolin) was born about 1651 in Saint Sulpice, faubourg Saint Germain de Pres, Paris, France; died on 29 Jan 1715/16 in St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 30 Jan 1715/16 in St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Anne Quelane
• _UID: 4ED240EBD84C48698D9EA1B8DB2B9FA2EB67
• Residence: Bef 1671, Saint Sulpice, faubourg Saint Germain de Pres, Paris, France
• Census: 1681, Beaumont, Quebec, Canada
• Hospital: 7 Jul 1697, Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 4 Oct 1715

Notes:

King's Daughter

Census:

Francois Dubois, habitant, 30 years, married
Anne Quelane, 30 years, married
Anne Dubois, 8 years
Marie Dubois, 6 years
Jean Dubois, 2 years

Le redacteur a inscrit Jean Plutot que Anne Dubois, comme la reconstitution des familles nous l'indique.

They owned 6 arpents of land and a gun.


Hospital:
She was listed as being 45 years old.

Legal Matter:
Francois left a debt of more than 433 livres when he died. Her son Francois willingly accepted a family agreement which satisfied the creditors.

Died:
noted age 65 years

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
They met in the home of Madame Bourdon, in the presence of notary Romain Becquet, to sign their marriage contract. Anne brought 300 livres in property and a dowry of 50 livres from the King. Francois gave his future wife a gift of 300 livres. Anne signed her name but Francois could not. Witnesses were Jean Baptiste Gosset and Nicolas Metru.

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Nicolas Deroissy and Francois Lapierre.

Other Events:

• Name: Jean Demers
• _UID: 811420BCFB464153AFDAC17F7AC2117CD8FE

Jean married Barbe Mauger about 1627. Barbe was born about 1599; died on 11 Jul 1669 in Saint Jacques, Dieppe, Rouen, France; was buried on 12 Jul 1669 in Saint Jacques, Dieppe, Rouen, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Barbe Manger
• _UID: 25A6CB2AAA6B4927BC86687282E04C152499

Notes:

Died:
noted age 70 years

Other Events:

• Name: Michel Vedie
• _UID: 73C1A8BC1931402181D94B566386C78C7ACA

Michel married Catherine Dorbelle. Catherine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 14FE8CFD35EA43718EB8F099A7DB4F3846DC

Other Events:

• _UID: 3D8674B09816444FBE3A77D0F5F5208BFC51

Francois married Claude Fayenne. Claude and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Claude Fayel
• _UID: C294440E994443F0A802C42907D932329350

Other Events:

• _UID: C12E19FD3C05457698641BE5B9FF076824C6

Michel married Germaine Ermolin. Germaine died before 1671. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 579CE7CD9D854E119A37AC30F4B52613B7EE