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Marie Anne "Minnie" DEMERS

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1. Marie Anne "Minnie" DEMERS est née à Belleville,,,Ontario,Canada,Hastings Co.; a été baptisée à Ontario,,,,Canada,[Église de Saint-Michel-L'Archange de Belleville,Ontario,Canada] - Belleville,Hastings Co.. Autres événements/attributs:
- _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
- _CREA: 17 sept 2023
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! Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967Name: Marie Anne Demers (minor)Spouse: Emmanuel Pelland (minor)Event Year: 1880Event: Mariage (Marriage)Religion: CatholiquePlace of Worship or Institution: St-F?lix-de-Valois(St-F?lix-de-Valois)Province: Qu?becGroom'sparents: Joseph Pellan, Therese DucharmeBride's parents: Jeremie Demers, Denise Laramie (of Chevalier, Ontario)**THE FOUNDING OF STONEY POINTFrench-speaking settlers from the Detroit-Sandwich area and Lower Canada (Quebec) were the first to locate in Tilbury West Township after it was surveyed in 1824. They established farms along Lake St. Clair and later near the Tecumseh Road and by 1851 formed a community called StoneyPoint. After the arrival of the railway in 1854, the village developedinto a market and industrial centre serving an agricultural and lumbering hinterland. In 1881, Stoney Point and the neighbouring hamlet of Chevalier, founded about 1868, became the incorporated police village of Stoney Point with 375 residents. Following a succession of fires and a decrease in nearby lumbering activity, the village's industrial sectiondeclined after1900 and by 1920 Stoney Point had been transformed into aquiet agricultural village.
Marie a épousé Emmanuel PELLANDSaint-Félix-de-Valois,,Lanaudière,Québec,Canada,. Emmanuel est mort le 18 août 1913 à ?,,,British Columbia,Canada,Ymir,Regional District Of Central Kootenay. [Feuille familiale] [Tableau familial]