François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER

(b. abt. 1709 , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 January 1781 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER was born abt. 1709 in Québec Province, Canada

François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER was the child of Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Marie-Michelle DUTOST (DUTAUT) (DUTEAU) (maternal) Joachim GIRARD and Marie HALAY

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

François married Louise PERRAULT 17 July 1735 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louise PERRAULT was born 12 April 1718 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Louise died 29 March 1775 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of Louis PERRAULT and Madeleine RIVARD dite LAGLANDERIE.

François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER died 12 January 1781 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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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Family and Children of François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER

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François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER married

Louise PERRAULT-- Date: 17 July 1735 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Louise PERRAULT was the child of Louis PERRAULT and Madeleine RIVARD dite LAGLANDERIE

Children of François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Louise PERRAULT:

Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER (b.abt. 1736, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 May 1811, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Simon-Prisque ROUX 27 October 1760 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne LEMAY (b.abt. 1743, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine GENEREUX 1 September 1766 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte LEMAY (b.12 November 1756, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1825, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada)
m. Hyacinthe RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE 1 August 1786 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Louise PERRAULT 17 July 1735, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte LEMAY was born 12 November 1756, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER married 27 October 1760, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada to Simon-Prisque ROUX

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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LEMAY married 1 September 1766, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada to Antoine GENEREUX

1775 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louise PERRAULT died 29 March 1775, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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.