Jean Baptiste Payant/Catherine Leriger

Jean Baptiste PAYANT was born 3 Apr 1726 in LaPrairie, Quebec, Canada.  LaPrairie is seven miles south of Montreal on the St Lawrence River.  The name Payant was later changed by his son to Piant.  Jean married Catherine Leriger on 14 Apr 1755 at Notre Dame-de LaPrairie-de-la Madeline Church.

They had seven kids:

Joseph – b, 1757

Louis – b, 1758

Jean Baptiste – b, 1760

Francois – b, 1764

Marie Catherine – b, 1765

Basile – b, 1769

Pierre – b, 1773 (Our 4GG)

Jean died 10 Sep 1808 in LaPrarie.

Catherine Marie Francoise LERIGER was born 17 Nov 1736 in Quebec.  She died in 1795 in LaPrarie.

8746 Eulalie Avenue

Our old house on Eulalie readied for demolition.  Asbestos shingles were removed last week. The house was built in 1920.

The first owners were John and Mabel Ludeman.  He was an automobile chauffeur for E.H. Simmons at Hanley and Clayton. They lived there in the 1920’s.

The owner previous to our family was Max and Selma Adolphs. They moved into the house around 1946.  He worked for Western Electric.  He was a German immigrant who came to the U.S. in 1931. Max died of a heart attack at St Mary’s Hospital on 3 May 1959.  His doctor was Clifford Bockelman.