Michel LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER

(b. abt. 1731 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Michel LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada

Michel LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Marie-Angélique PERUSSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD (maternal) Jean PERUSSE and Jeanne BARABÉ

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Michel married Marie-Angélique HOUDE 19 August 1765 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Angélique HOUDE was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Angélique died 13 October 1826 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angélique was the child of Étienne HOUDE and Marie-Josephe PICHÉ dite DUPRÉ.

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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Marie-Angélique HOUDE-- Date: 19 August 1765 Place: Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Angélique HOUDE was the child of Étienne HOUDE and Marie-Josephe PICHÉ dite DUPRÉ

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