Francois-Charles LEMAY dit POUDRIER

(b. 31 March 1737 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 7 February 1802 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Francois-Charles LEMAY dit POUDRIER was born 31 March 1737 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Francois-Charles LEMAY dit POUDRIER was the child of Simon LEMAY and Marie-Anne RICHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LEMAY and Louise HOUDE (maternal) Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART)

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

Francois-Charles married Marie-Therese HAMEL 10 February 1766 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Therese HAMEL was born 24 March 1747 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Therese died 1 October 1827 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Therese was the child of Joseph-Louis HAMEL and Marie-Josephte DENEVERS dite BOISVERT.

Francois-Charles LEMAY dit POUDRIER died 7 February 1802 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .

m. Hamel Marie-Therese

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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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Francois-Charles LEMAY dit POUDRIER married

Marie-Therese HAMEL-- Date: 10 February 1766 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Therese HAMEL was the child of Joseph-Louis HAMEL and Marie-Josephte DENEVERS dite BOISVERT

Children of Francois-Charles LEMAY dit POUDRIER and Marie-Therese HAMEL:

Anastasie-Eustasie LEMAY (b.20 May 1768, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 May 1820, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste HEROUX 7 January 1788 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1737 Birth
31 March 1737
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Charles LEMAY dit POUDRIER and Marie-Therese HAMEL 10 February 1766, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 28 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Anastasie-Eustasie LEMAY was born 20 May 1768, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Francois-Charles was 31 years old.

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)

1788 Marriage of Child
Anastasie-Eustasie LEMAY married 7 January 1788, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Jean-Baptiste HEROUX

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

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

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