Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME

(b. 1 February 1727 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1783 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME was born 1 February 1727 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME was the child of Ignace LEMAY dit DELORME and Anne-Jeanne LECOMPTE dite LAVIMAUDIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEMAY dit DELORME and Marie-Agnes-Madeleine GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE (maternal) Samuel LECOMPTE and Anne JOBIDON

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Jean-Baptiste married Françoise CONSTANTINEAU 7 April 1750 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise CONSTANTINEAU was born 5 August 1730 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Françoise died 31 August 1806 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Françoise was the child of Julien CONSTANTINEAU and Catherine LAMOUREUX.

Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME died 2 May 1783 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada.
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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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Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME married

Françoise CONSTANTINEAU-- Date: 7 April 1750 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France
Françoise CONSTANTINEAU was the child of Julien CONSTANTINEAU and Catherine LAMOUREUX

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME and Françoise CONSTANTINEAU:

Marie LEMAY dite DELORME (b.11 September 1769, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 January 1839, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph TRUDEAU 2 August 1790 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1727 Birth
1 February 1727
Montréal, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME and Françoise CONSTANTINEAU 7 April 1750, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie LEMAY dite DELORME was born 11 September 1769, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.