Catherine LEMAY dite POUDRIER

Born

29 January 1741 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Died

5 January 1813 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Louis LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER Marie-Geneviève FRECHETTE

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Born: 29 January 1741 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Louis LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER

Mother: Marie-Geneviève FRECHETTE

Paternal grandparents: Ignace LEMAY , Anne GIRARD

Maternal grandparents: François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) , Marguerite BERGERON

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Catherine married Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET 26 July 1761 in Lotbinière, Canada . Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 14 January 1770 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Michel BEAUDET and Thérèse PERUSSE.

Catherine LEMAY dite POUDRIER died 5 January 1813 in Lotbinière, Lower Canada .

m. Beaudet Jean-Baptiste
m. Gauron Joseph

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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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Catherine LEMAY dite POUDRIER married

Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET
Marriage date: 26 July 1761
Marriage place: Lotbinière, Canada
Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET was the child of Michel BEAUDET and Thérèse PERUSSE

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Birth — 1741
29 January 1741
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Catherine LEMAY dite POUDRIER and Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET 26 July 1761, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

She was 20 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.

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET died 14 January 1770, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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.