Pierre LEMAY

(b. abt. 1742 , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 March 1789 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre LEMAY was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre LEMAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEMAY and Genevieve RIVARD dite LAGLANDERIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LEMAY and Catherine JOBIN (maternal) Julien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Elisabeth THUNAY (TUNÉ) dite DUFRESNE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marguerite THIBAULT 25 January 1773 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite THIBAULT was born 3 September 1744 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died 25 March 1797 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marguerite was the child of Louis THIBAULT and Anne Ursule Jeanne PICOT.

Pierre LEMAY died 16 March 1789 in Yamachiche, 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.

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Pierre LEMAY married

Marguerite THIBAULT-- Date: 25 January 1773 Place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite THIBAULT was the child of Louis THIBAULT and Anne Ursule Jeanne PICOT

Children of Pierre LEMAY and Marguerite THIBAULT:

Angélique LEMAY dite POUDRIER (b.17 July 1779, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 April 1817, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LAFRENIERE dit BARON 1 March 1802 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEMAY and Marguerite THIBAULT 25 January 1773, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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.