Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER

(b. abt. 1736 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 May 1811 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER was the child of François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Louise PERRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD (maternal) Louis PERRAULT and Madeleine RIVARD dite LAGLANDERIE

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Marie-Louise married Simon-Prisque ROUX 27 October 1760 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Simon-Prisque ROUX was born 16 January 1729 in France. Simon-Prisque died 30 November 1801 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).

Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER died 23 May 1811 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower 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 Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER

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Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER married

Simon-Prisque ROUX-- Date: 27 October 1760 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada
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Children of Simon-Prisque ROUX and Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER:

Marguerite ROUX (b.31 March 1763, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 March 1805, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE 16 February 1784 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

François-Xavier ROUX (b.18 October 1764, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 January 1847, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephe MARTIN 11 April 1790 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis ROUX (b.12 August 1771, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 November 1845, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada East)
m. Catherine COSSETTE 5 November 1793 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER and Simon-Prisque ROUX 27 October 1760, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROUX was born 31 March 1763, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

1764 Birth of Child
François-Xavier ROUX was born 18 October 1764, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

1771 Birth of Child
Louis ROUX was born 12 August 1771, 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ROUX married 16 February 1784 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada to Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE

1790 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier ROUX married 11 April 1790, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephe MARTIN

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage of Child
Louis ROUX married 5 November 1793, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada to Catherine COSSETTE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Death of Spouse/Partner
Simon-Prisque ROUX died 30 November 1801, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1805 Death of Child
Marguerite ROUX died 18 March 1805, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1811 Death
23 May 1811
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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