My Lemire Ancestry

My Lemire Ancestry

©1996 by Bud Lemire

Let me introduce myself, my name is Bud LEMIRE

The origin of my surname, soon will become clear

In Rouen, Normandy, France, Jean LEMIRE's birth came to be

Mathurin LEMIRE and Jeanne VAIINIER were his parents in our ancestry

Traveling to Canada as a young man, Jean found himself a wife

Marrying Louise MARSOLET at Quebec city, and so began their life

They settled in Quebec city, a very long time ago

Where our ancestors Jean and Louise , watched their family grow

Their son Jean-Francois married Francoise FOUCAULT, at Trois Rivieres in 1701

They raised their family, and when they were all done

Four sons moved to Nicolet, and three to Maskinongé

Their descendants can be found there, even to this day

One son moved to L'Assomption, and took on the name MARSOLET

Some of his descendants, still carry that name today

Baie Du Febvre was another settlement, of the branch from Nicolet way

While in Maskinonge, for many years, four branches settled to stay

Of the Maskinongé branch, one took the surname GONNEVILLE

Changing it to GUNVILLE, his descendants carry the name still

One son of the Nicolet branch, added FOUCAULT to his name

Carried down from his Mother, who had the very same

From L'Assomption to Montcalm, the MARSOLETs settled here

Some moved further away, while others settled near

GAUCHER was a DIT name, of another son also

In the Maskinongè area, where my ancestry seems to flow

Settling in different parts of Canada, and coming to the States

Migrating to several areas, on many different dates

Our early ancestors were farmers, planters of the ground

Wherever they had settled, wherever they were found

Later on, some became Doctors, Policemen, Mayors, and Lawyers

Others worked as Railroad men, Miners, or became Sawyers

I'm very proud of my heritage, and of my LEMIRE history

And I'm very happy to be, part of this Family Tree

Just a little Genealogy poetry that I wrote about our

Lemire Ancestry.