Ignace LEMAY

(b. abt. 1723 , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 July 1798 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Ignace LEMAY was born abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada

Ignace LEMAY was the child of Ignace LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Marie-Catherine LEMIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD (maternal) Joseph LEMIRE and Jeanne-Françoise NORMAND

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Ignace married Marie-Louise FRECHETTE 11 July 1747 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Louise FRECHETTE was born 28 April 1716 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise died 13 May 1797 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Louise was the child of François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERON.

Ignace LEMAY died 27 July 1798 in Lotbinière, 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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Ignace LEMAY married

Marie-Louise FRECHETTE-- Date: 11 July 1747 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marie-Louise FRECHETTE was the child of François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERON

Contrat notaire 11 juillet 1747, J.B Choret, Lotbinière

Children of Ignace LEMAY and Marie-Louise FRECHETTE:

Michel-Ignace LEMAY dit POUDRIER (b.28 September 1749, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. , )

Ambroise LEMAY (b.2 May 1751, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. , , Canada)

Elisabeth LEMAY (b.24 December 1752, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 30 December 1752, Lotbinière, Canada, New France )

Catherine LEMAY (b.2 May 1757, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1757, Lotbinière, Canada, New France )

Jean-Baptiste LEMAY (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 December 1792, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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1747 Marriage / Partner
Ignace LEMAY and Marie-Louise FRECHETTE 11 July 1747 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1749 Birth of Child
Michel-Ignace LEMAY dit POUDRIER was born 28 September 1749, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1751 Birth of Child
Ambroise LEMAY was born 2 May 1751, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1752 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LEMAY was born 24 December 1752, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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

1757 Birth of Child
Catherine LEMAY was born 2 May 1757, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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.