flag male ancestor  Ignace  LEMAY

  (b. 24 November 1665 Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France   d. 12 March 1727 Lotbinière, Canada, New France )  

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Ignace LEMAY was born 24 November 1665 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Ignace LEMAY was the child of Michel LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER   and   Marie-Michelle DUTOST (DUTAUT) (DUTEAU) and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Pierre DUTEAU and Marie-Jeanne PERRIN

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

Ignace  married  Anne GIRARD 24 November 1687 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Anne GIRARD  was born abt. 1671 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Anne died March 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Anne was the child of Joachim GIRARD and Marie HALAY.

Ignace LEMAY died 12 March 1727 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France .
Details of the family tree of Ignace appear below.

Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Ignace LEMAY

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Ignace LEMAY married flag female ancestor Anne GIRARD-- Date: 24 November 1687 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
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Anne GIRARD was the child of Joachim GIRARD and Marie HALAY


groom's name: Ignace Lemee
groom's birth date: 1665
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 22
bride's name: Anne Girare
bride's birth date: 1670
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 17
marriage date: 24 Nov 1687
marriage place: Saint-Charles-De-Charlesbourg, Charlesbourg, Québec, Quebec
groom's father's name: Michel Lemee
groom's mother's name: Marie Duboul
bride's father's name: Joachim Girare
bride's mother's name: Marie Billay
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groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
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indexing project (batch) number: I04036-0
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1290316
reference number: 36

"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 06 Jan 2013), Ignace Lemee and Anne Girare, 24 Nov 1687; citing reference 36, FHL microfilm 1290316.


Children of Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD:

flag male ancestor Ignace LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER (b.13 November 1689, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France   d. 29 December 1773, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine LEMIRE 1723 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

flag female ancestor Marie-Madeleine LEMAY (b.28 June 1692, Lotbinière, Canada, New France   d. 14 March 1767, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Charles BEAUDET 15 December 1726 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

flag female ancestor Marie-Catherine LEMAY (b.abt. 1694, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )
m. Michel TOUSIGNANT 31 December 1712 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

flag male ancestor Pierre LEMAY (b.abt. 1696, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )
m. Marie-Geneviève CHORET 20 August 1719 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

flag male ancestor Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER (b.10 October 1697, Lotbinière, Canada, New France   d. 3 August 1759, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Angélique PERUSSE 19 August 1725 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

flag female ancestor Marie-Anne LEMAY (b.abt. 1698, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 30 July 1774, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LEGENDRE 26 November 1727 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

flag female ancestor Angélique LEMAY (b.abt. 1703, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 27 June 1731, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France)
m. Gaspard CHORET 8 April 1720 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

flag male ancestor Joseph-Louis LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER (b.abt. 1705, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France   d. 22 January 1770, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Geneviève FRECHETTE 15 November 1728 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

flag male ancestor François LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER (b.abt. 1709, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 12 January 1781, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Louise PERRAULT 17 July 1735 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)



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birth1665 Birth
24 November 1665
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

'Ignace was born about 1665 and became a voyageur, making a trip to the west on 28 July 1704. He married Anne Girard in 1687. He took his father's sobriquet 'dit Poudrier'. They had 8 children.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 144
1666 Canadian Census - Trois Rivieres
Michel lemey - 36 habitant

Marie dutost - 26 sa femme

Charles lemey - 6 fils

Joseph lemey - 5 fils

Marie lemey - 4 fille

Ignace lemey - 1 fils

Jacques dutost - 23 frere de lad. dutost

Et pierre - .20 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
marriage1687 Marriage / Partner
Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD 24 November 1687, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 22 years old.
1689 Birth of Child
Ignace LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER was born 13 November 1689, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Ignace was 23 years old.
1692 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine LEMAY was born 28 June 1692, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Ignace was 26 years old.
1697 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER was born 10 October 1697, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Ignace was 31 years old.
marriage1712 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine LEMAY married 31 December 1712 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Michel TOUSIGNANT
Kings and Queens1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France
marriage1719 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEMAY married 20 August 1719, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie-Geneviève CHORET
marriage1720 Marriage of Child
Angélique LEMAY married 8 April 1720, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Gaspard CHORET
1725 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne GIRARD died March 1725, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
marriage1725 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER married 19 August 1725, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Marie-Angélique PERUSSE
marriage1726 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine LEMAY married 15 December 1726, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Jean-Charles BEAUDET
death1727 Death
12 March 1727
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 61.
Added: 7/14/2008 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 7/8/2025 4:50:23 PM

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