Pierre-Gervais LEMAY

(b. 5 January 1723 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 23 May 1789 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Gervais LEMAY was born 5 January 1723 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Pierre-Gervais LEMAY was the child of Simon LEMAY and Marie-Anne RICHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LEMAY and Louise HOUDE (maternal) Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART)

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

Pierre-Gervais married Marie-Barbe MARTEL 7 April 1750 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Barbe MARTEL was born 25 September 1727 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Barbe died 21 August 1799 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Barbe was the child of Paul MARTEL and Marie-Geneviève HOUDE dite GERVAIS.

Pierre-Gervais LEMAY died 23 May 1789 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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.

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Pierre-Gervais LEMAY married

Marie-Barbe MARTEL-- Date: 7 April 1750 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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Marie-Barbe MARTEL was the child of Paul MARTEL and Marie-Geneviève HOUDE dite GERVAIS

Children of Pierre-Gervais LEMAY and Marie-Barbe MARTEL:

Charles LEMAY (b.7 April 1764, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 May 1828, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Anne-Angelique BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE 11 February 1800 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1723 Birth
5 January 1723
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Gervais LEMAY and Marie-Barbe MARTEL 7 April 1750, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Charles LEMAY was born 7 April 1764, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Gervais was 41 years old.

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.