Marie-Anne LEMAY

(b. 2 January 1721 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 15 August 1792 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne LEMAY was born 2 January 1721 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne LEMAY 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):

Marie-Anne married Pierre HOUDE 15 October 1753 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre HOUDE was born 25 January 1704 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 25 December 1769 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Pierre was the child of Claude HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY.

Marie-Anne LEMAY died 15 August 1792 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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.

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Marie-Anne LEMAY married

Pierre HOUDE-- Date: 15 October 1753 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
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Pierre HOUDE was the child of Claude HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY

Children of Pierre HOUDE and Marie-Anne LEMAY:

Anne HOUDE (b.1 August 1754, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1820, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine LAFOND 16 August 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1721 Birth
2 January 1721
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LEMAY and Pierre HOUDE 15 October 1753, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

She was 32 years old.

1753 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1754 Birth of Child
Anne HOUDE was born 1 August 1754, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 33 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.

1769 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre HOUDE died 25 December 1769, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1775 Marriage of Child
Anne HOUDE married 16 August 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Antoine LAFOND

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.