Rene DuMay

     Rene was born on Saturday, 13 August 1667 in Sillery, ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. He was christened there on 14 August 1667.¹ He was the son of Jean DuMay and Jeanne Vedie. Rene married Anne Dubois circa 1691 in Quebec. Rene and Marie Anne Jeanne had children: Jean Baptiste [1692-8/01/1715][m. 1/13/1715 Marie Anne Houde dit Deruisseaux], Genevieve [1694-5/12/1718][m. 2/05/1714 Jean Francois Grenon], Rene [1696-12/15/1708], Joseph [1698-4/30/1731][m. 2/21/1729 Marie Francoise Boucher], Pierre [3/121701-2/011703, Marie Anne [5/16/1703-12/17/1764][m. Joseph Houde dit Desrochers], Francois [4/15/1705-12/02/1742][m. 10/23/1730 Marie Madeileine Gagnon], Pierre [1707-12/15/1708] & Michel [11/099/1709-12/15/1749][m. 2/09/1733 Marie Marguerite Gagnon].² Rene's wife, Anne, died circa 8 February 1712 in St-Nicolas, Levis County, Quebec, Canada, leaving him a widower. Rene married 2nd Marie-Madeleine Lavoye on 5 February 1714 in St-Nicolas at St-Nicolas Church.³ Rene and Marie Madeleine had children: a child [12/19/1714-12/19/1714], Joseph [2/29/1716-3/20/1716], Louis Rene [3/15/1717], Marie Angelique [4/09/1719-8/22/1758][m. 8/19/1742 Antoine Grenier], Marie Madeleine [4/09/1719-2/17/1781][m. 8/19/1748 Joseph Houde dit Deruisseaux], Francois [3/24/1721][m. 6/21/1750 Marie Genevieve Gagnon], Marie Marguerite [4/126/1723-2/14/1792][m. 7/20/1750 Joseph Loignon], Marie Joseph [9/29/1725-10/14/1794][m. 4/27/1745 Charles Gezeron Brulot] & Louis 2/04/1728-1/24/1804][m. 10/02/1752 Marie Anne Martel].⁴ Rene departed this life in St-Nicolas. He was buried there in the churchyard of St-Nicolas on Wednesday, 21 December 1729.⁵