Jean Lemire

• General Notes
  • He was a master carpenter
    
    Jean Lemire (1626 – 1684) is the ancestor of most Lemires living in Canada. His father and mother, Mathurin LeMire and Jeanne Vannier, lived in the Saint Vivien district of Rouen, Normandy. Rouen is the outer harbour of Paris on the Seine river. Jean Lemire was baptized in the Saint Vivien church June 4, 1625.He was a carpenter by trade.
    
    Jean Lemire crossed the Atlantic between 1650 and 1653. He married Louise Marsolet, daughter of Nicolas Marsolet of Saint-Aignan and Marie Barbier, and thereby entered one of the most important families of Québec.
    
    In 1667, the couple decided to establish themselves on a land at Cap-Rouge. By then, they owned ten acres (40,000 m²) of land and five cattle, and they employed three servants. The same year, Jean was named syndic of the region's inhabitants, and thus became the community spokesman at the Supreme Council.
    
    By 1684, the master carpenter was in high esteem throughout the region. He was assigned the construction of the steeple in Québec Cathedral, a structure of Batiscan oak, designed to crown the south tower of the cathedral.
    
    Nine months later, on October 5, 1684, he died at fifty-nine years old. Louise outlived her husband until 1712.
    
    Children Sex Birth:
    Anonoymous Lemire  F 28 Dec 1655 in Quebec City, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Anonymous Lemire  M 28 Dec 1655 in Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada   
    Jeanne Elisabeth Lemire  F 14 Jun 1658 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Marie Madeleine Lemire  F 3 Feb 1660 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Joseph Lemire  M 6 Mar 1662 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Genevi Ve Lemire  F 13 Mar 1663 in Québec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Anne Genevieve Lemire  F 13 Mar 1664 in Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada   
    Louise Lemire  F 10 May 1666 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Catherine Lemire  F 21 Mar 1668 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Jean Lemire Marsolet  M 22 Feb 1671 in Quebec City, New, [region], France   
    Charles Lemire  F 24 May 1673 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Charles Lemire  M 24 May 1673 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Marie Charlotte Lemire  F 7 Apr 1674 in Petite Riviere, St Charles, Quebec, Canada   
    Jean Francois Lemire  M 2 Jul 1675 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Jean Lemire Marsolais  M 5 Sep 1676 in Quebec City, New, [region], France   
    Helene Lemire  F 29 Aug 1678 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada   
    Pierre Lemire  M 7 May 1681 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada

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