Therese LEMAY dite POUDRIER

(b. abt. 1718 , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 June 1769 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Therese LEMAY dite POUDRIER was born abt. 1718 in Québec Province, Canada

Therese LEMAY dite POUDRIER was the child of Pierre LEMAY and Marie-Anne GERMAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Marie-Michelle DUTOST (DUTAUT) (DUTEAU) (maternal) Robert GERMAIN and Marie COIGNARD

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Therese married Jean-Baptiste HAMEL 28 January 1740 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste HAMEL was born abt. 1704 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 21 February 1789 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Charles-Joseph HAMEL and Marie-Angélique GAUTHIER.

Therese LEMAY dite POUDRIER died 2 June 1769 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Hamel Jean-Baptiste

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Therese LEMAY dite POUDRIER married

Jean-Baptiste HAMEL-- Date: 28 January 1740 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste HAMEL was the child of Charles-Joseph HAMEL and Marie-Angélique GAUTHIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste HAMEL and Therese LEMAY dite POUDRIER:

Antoine HAMEL (b.abt. 1748, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 October 1822, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite BENOIT dite ABEL 23 October 1775 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Therese LEMAY dite POUDRIER and Jean-Baptiste HAMEL 28 January 1740, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.