Ignace LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER

(b. 13 November 1689 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 29 December 1773 , Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Ignace LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER was born 13 November 1689 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Ignace 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

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Ignace married Marie-Catherine LEMIRE abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine LEMIRE was born 16 June 1700 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Catherine died 12 August 1774 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Catherine was the child of Joseph LEMIRE and Jeanne-Françoise NORMAND.

Ignace LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER died 29 December 1773 in Lotbinière, 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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Ignace LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER married

Marie-Catherine LEMIRE-- Date: abt. 1723 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marie-Catherine LEMIRE was the child of Joseph LEMIRE and Jeanne-Françoise NORMAND

Children of Ignace LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Marie-Catherine LEMIRE:

Ignace LEMAY (b.abt. 1723, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 July 1798, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise FRECHETTE 11 July 1747 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1689 Birth
13 November 1689
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1747 Marriage of Child
Ignace LEMAY married 11 July 1747 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie-Louise FRECHETTE

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.