Paul (Demarets) Desmarais (1687 - 1739)

Born 9 Sep 1687 in Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite (Fontaine) Fontaine dite Bienvenu — married 23 Apr 1715 in Sainte-Trinité de Contrecoeur, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1739 at age 52 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Names are deliberately spelled here exactly as they are in the source documents:

Paul (Demarets) Desmarais lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Paul Demarest was baptized on 9 Sep 1687 in Notre-Dame de Montréal, son of Paul Demarest and Marie Tetro. Godparents at the infant's baptism were Charles Barbier and Marie Madeleine Baudoin. The officiating priest was Jean Bailly.^[1][2]

Marriage
Paul Desmarais, son of Paul Desmarais and Marie Tetreau married Marguerite Fontaine, daughter of Pierre Fontaine and Marguerite Anthiaume, on 23 Apr 1715 in Sainte-Trinité parish of Contrecœur.^[3][2]

Contrat de marriage par Notaire Tetreault/ Tetrault, 23 April, 1715

13 known children from this marriage, 6 known to die young and 6 to marry.^[4]

Death and Burial
Paul Démarêts, from Verchêres, passed away on 11 Dec 1739 of hydropisie in the home of Yves Phlem, surgeon. His burial was the following day in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. In the presence of known witnesses Yves Phlem, René Cadot and Joseph Lafrance. The officiating priest was J. Voyer.^{[5] [2]} Having died of hydropisie.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism IGD
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Famille: 5130 PRDH (Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique) Université de Montréal
3. ↑ Marriage IGD
4. ↑ Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 - Drouin IGD
5. ↑ Burial Paul Démarêts image IGD
6. ↑ Wikipédia: hydropisie

• Actes d'état civil et registres d'église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1997 - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection: Institut Généalogique Drouin IGD (membership) https://www.genealogiequebec.com
• "Find a Grave, database and images", (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193965640/paul-demarets : accessed 30 Nov 2023), memorial page for Paul Maret dit Desmarais (9 Sep 1687–11 Dec 1739), Find a Grave Memorial no. 193965640, citing Cimetière de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Maintained by AW (contributor 47829810).
• Tree: Nos Origines
• Jetté, René, Dictionaire Généalogique des Familles du Québec des Origines à 1730 (Montréal, Québec, Canada: University of Montréal Press, 1983). p. 343 (DESMARIAS, 1681, child # 3), and (DESMARAIS, 1715)
• Programme de reserche en démographie historique (PRDH), Répetoire des actes de baptême, mariage, sépulture, et des recencsements du Québec ancien (47 volumes, through 1765) (2nd edition) (Montréal, Québec, Canada: University of Montréal Press, 1991) Baptism: Vol. 5, p. 367, "B--1687-09-09, 01 PAUL/DESMARETS ...;" Marriage: Vol 15, p. 424, "--1715-04-23, 01 PAUL/DESMARAIS, 02 MARGUERITE/FONTAINE ... [TIRE DE TANGUAY];" Burial: Vol. 23, p. 136, "S--1739-12-12 D--1739-12-11, 01 PAUL/DESMARAIS ..."

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Desmarais-42 created through the import of temp.ged on Jun 1, 2012 by Steve St. Martin.

ALSO: Permalink: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/phlem_yves_3E.html Author of Article: Marie-Céline Blais Title of Article: PHLEM, Yvon, YVES Publication Name: EN:UNDEF:public_citation_publication, vol. 3 Publication Details: EN:UNDEF:public_citation_publisher, 1974 Year of publication: 1974

According to this source, brothers Paul & Michel Desmarais died at the hands of the same physician, Yvon Phlem. Paul suffered dropsy. “The years following the Bilodeau affair were quiet. It seems that Phlem’s reputation had remained intact in the eyes of his fellow-citizens. As in the past, the healer continued receiving sick persons in his home. No complaint was brought against him, even if there might have been some occasions to do so. Indeed, according to the parish records of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, three of his patients died in his home: Nicolas Marion in 1738; Paul Desmarais, from Verchères, who was suffering from dropsy, in 1739; and Gabriel Desmaisons, a Saint-Maurice ironworks employee who also had dropsy, in 1742.” And: “ The sick sometimes came from a considerable distance to be treated by him. But Phlem’s treatment was not always efficacious, as is shown by the case of Michel Desmarais, a habitant from Saint-Sulpice who died in 1729 at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade “in the home of the Sieur Yves Phlem, surgeon.”