Joseph Demers

11 October 1695–20 April 1771 (Age 75)
Montreal, Montreal Urban Community, Quebec, Canada

The Life Summary of Joseph

When Joseph Demers was born on 11 October 1695, in Montreal, Montreal Urban Community, Quebec, Canada, his father, André Demers, was 35 and his mother, Anne Jetté, was 25. He married Marie-Josephe Viger on 11 January 1723, in Notre-Dame, Vieux-Montréal, Ville-Marie, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 20 April 1771, in his hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in Notre-Dame, Vieux-Montréal, Ville-Marie, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Demers
1695–1771
Marie-Josephe Viger
1700–1781
Marriage: 11 January 1723
Joseph Marie Dumay
1724–
Marie Josephe Demers
1730–1731
Angelique Demers
1734–1738
Pierre Amable Demers
1726–1727
Marie Amable Demers
1729–1730
Pierre Amable Demers
1732–1733
Marie Angelique Amable Demer
1734–
Jean Baptiste Dumay
1735–
Marie Josephe Demers
1737–1737
Marie Jeanne Demers
1739–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 January 1723Notre-Dame, Vieux-Montréal, Ville-Marie, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: French Mireille, Marcel, Andre, Armand, Lucien, Normand, Jacques, Alphonse, Fernand, Adrien, Alcide, Cecile.French Canadian: altered form (probably in the literal sense of 2 below) of northern French Dumets, itself a variant of Dumetz, a habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone from any of several places in the north of France called (Le) Metz, named with a regional term for a ‘farmstead’ (compare Mas 1 and Dume 2). Compare also Demarce , Demars 1, and Dumay 1.French: habitational name, with fused preposition de ‘from’, denoting someone from either of two places in France named Mers, Mers-les-Bains (Somme) or Mers-sur-Indre (Indre).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Demarce
    Demarse
    Dumay
    Demars
    Demarsh
    Mas

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    • Joseph Demers, "Find A Grave Index"

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