Josephte LEMAY dite POUDRIER

(b. 22 October 1729 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 19 November 1802 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Josephte LEMAY dite POUDRIER was born 22 October 1729 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Josephte LEMAY dite POUDRIER was the child of Joseph-Louis LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Marie-Geneviève FRECHETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD (maternal) François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERON

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

Josephte married Michel MARCOTTE 2 February 1750 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Michel MARCOTTE was born abt. 1730 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Michel was the child of Bernard-Pierre MARCOTTE and Marie-Louise HOUDE.

Josephte LEMAY dite POUDRIER died 19 November 1802 in Lotbinière, Lower Canada .

m. Marcotte Michel
m. Nault Louis

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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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Josephte LEMAY dite POUDRIER married

Michel MARCOTTE-- Date: 2 February 1750 Place: Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Michel MARCOTTE was the child of Bernard-Pierre MARCOTTE and Marie-Louise HOUDE

Children of Michel MARCOTTE and Josephte LEMAY dite POUDRIER:

Geneviève MARCOTTE (b.20 May 1752, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1793, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre TROTTIER dit POMBERT DESRUISSEAUX 9 August 1777 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Rosalie MARCOTTE (b.19 January 1755, Deschaillons, Canada, New France d. 14 July 1827, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph GRENIER 11 January 1779 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1729 Birth
22 October 1729
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LEMAY dite POUDRIER and Michel MARCOTTE 2 February 1750, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

She was 20 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Geneviève MARCOTTE was born 20 May 1752, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Josephte was 22 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Rosalie MARCOTTE was born 19 January 1755, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Josephte was 25 years old.

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.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Geneviève MARCOTTE married 9 August 1777, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Pierre TROTTIER dit POMBERT DESRUISSEAUX

1779 Marriage of Child
Rosalie MARCOTTE married 11 January 1779, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Joseph GRENIER

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1793 Death of Child
Geneviève MARCOTTE died 17 March 1793, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Josephte was 63 years old.

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

1802 Death
19 November 1802
Lotbinière, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 73.

Added: 3/22/2017 10:34:05 AM - Updated: 4/29/2020 11:37:06 AM