On 1 June 1870 George was 17, born in Illinois, was a farm laborer and lived with his parents and 10 siblings in Louisville, Scott County, Minnesota. 1523 On 1 May 1875 George, 24 and single, lived with his parents and 6 siblings in Louisville, Scott County, Minnesota.1526 On 1 June 1880 George Demers was a 27 year old born in Illinois whose parents had been both born in Canada. He lived on Fourth Street in Shakopee, Minnesota with Catherine, 23, born in Ohio and Mary, 10 months, born in Minnesota, in the house next door to his parents and 5 adult siblings. 1522

On 1 June 1880 Catherine Demers, 23, lived in Shakopee, Minnesota with George, 27 and Mary, 10 months. She had been born in Ohio and both her parents had been born in Ireland.1522