Descendants of JEHAN DEMERS DUMOYS,DEMET AND DEMERS
Generation No. 1
1. JEHAN DEMERS1 DUMOYS,DEMET AND DEMERS was born Abt. 1535 in Autretot,Normandy.France, and died in Autretot,Normandy.France. He married MARGUERITE BERSERVOYSE November 27, 1555 in Autretot,Normandy.France. She was born Abt. 1540 in Autretot,Normandy.France, and died in Autretot,Normandy.France.
Notes for JEHAN DEMERS DUMOYS,DEMET AND DEMERS:
THE DEMERS FAMILY TREE
PRESENTED BY THE DEMERS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
SURNAMES CHANGED FROM 1500 TO 1650 QUEBEC
( VARIATIONS FROM,DUMOYS 1500,NORMANDY FRANCE)
DUMAYS 1550
DUMETS 1630,NORMANDY
DUMETZ
DEMERS 1650,LA NOUVELLE FRANCE
QUEBEC CITY.P.Q.CANADA
ISLE OF ORLEANS,P.Q.CANADA
SHERBROOKE,P.Q.CANADA
HOLYOKE,MASSACHUSETTS.USA
THE RESEARCH IN FRANCE WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEMERS FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS AFTER ITS FORMATION IN 1990 IN QUEBEC.THE ASSOCIATION HIRED A GENEOLOGICAL RESEARCHER IN NORMANDY,FRANCE TO LOCATE MORE ANCESTERS AND THAT RESEARCHER WAS THAT OF M! ANNE OSSELIN,GENEOLOGY RESEARCHER FROM ROUEN,FRANCE.
AT THE END OF THE 17 TH CENTURY,ENGLAND WAS AT WAR WITH FRANCE AND NORMANDY SUFFERED THE MOST FROM THE BOMBARDMENTS.DIEPPES PORTS SUFFERED A LOT OF DAMAGE ALONG WITH VALUABLE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT REGISTERS IN 1694
IN THE 16 CENTURY,DIEPPE WAS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY AND THE PROTESTANTS WERE THE DOMINATE RELIGION THERE.IT WAS SO BAD FOR CATHOLICS THAT THE PROTESTANTS ACTUALLY HUNTED DOWN THE FRENCH CATHOLIC PASTOR OF DIEPPE INTO HIS OWN CHURCH IN 1563 AND IN NEARBY AUTRETOT,THE PROTESTANTS ALL BUT COMPLETLY DESTROYED THE ANCIENT CHURCH CALLED SAINT-VICENT-dES BOIS
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SURNAME-CHANGED: 1630, BY GRANDSONS JEAN,ANDRE & ETIENNE
Children of JEHAN DUMOYS and MARGUERITE BERSERVOYSE are:
