Interactive Family Tree - Person Sheet
Interactive Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJean Lemire 
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730Birth4 Jun 1625, St-Vivien, Rouen, France732
Baptism4 Jun 1625, St-Vivien, Rouen, France732
Burial6 Oct 1684732
OccupationMaster carpenter732
FatherMathurin Lemire (-?)
MotherJeanne Vannier (-?)
Spouses
Marriage20 Oct 1653, Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada733
ChildrenJean-François (-?)
Biographical notes for Jean Lemire
Arrived in New France about 1650 as a carpenter of windmills.
He is best known for his work on the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Québec. He signed a contract for this work on January 4, 1684, and is credited with the construction, “in Batiscan oak,” of a bell tower for the south tower of the cathedral, under the direction of Claude Baillif. As he died shortly after beginning work at the cathedral, it is presumed that Lemire built the bell tower on the ground for its future installation.732
He is best known for his work on the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Québec. He signed a contract for this work on January 4, 1684, and is credited with the construction, “in Batiscan oak,” of a bell tower for the south tower of the cathedral, under the direction of Claude Baillif. As he died shortly after beginning work at the cathedral, it is presumed that Lemire built the bell tower on the ground for its future installation.732