Francois
LEMAY dit POUDRIER
(b.
18 January 1734
,
Lotbinière, Canada, New France
d.
26 August 1800
,
Yamaska, Lower Canada
)
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Francois LEMAY dit POUDRIER was born 18 January 1734 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Francois LEMAY dit POUDRIER was the child of Joseph-Louis LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Marie-Geneviève FRECHETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD (maternal) François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Francois married Marie-Marthe PERRAULT 7 September 1758 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie-Marthe PERRAULT was born 12 June 1743 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marthe died 31 August 1781 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Marthe was the child of Adrien PERRAULT and Barbe-Michelle RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE.
Francois LEMAY dit POUDRIER died 26 August 1800 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .
m. Gaussin Marie-Antoinette
m. Perrault Marie-Marthe
Details of the family tree of Francois appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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