Gabriel
LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX
(b.
13 January 1728
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
d.
26 November 1808
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
)
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Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 13 January 1728 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON (maternal) Pierre DESROCHERS and Suzanne RABOUINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gabriel married Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS 17 January 1752 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS was born 24 May 1725 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Madeleine died 19 January 1797 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean-François DESROSIERS and Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR.
Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX died 26 November 1808 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
m. Desrosiers Madeleine
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
Family and Children of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX
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Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS-- Date: 17 January 1752 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS was the child of Jean-François DESROSIERS and Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR
Children of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS:
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX (b.abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 October 1839, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )
m. Monique LAFOND 9 January 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX (b.30 December 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste PEPIN 11 August 1783 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS-- Date: 17 January 1752 Place: , Québec Province, Canada Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS was the child of Jean-François DESROSIERS and Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR
Children of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS:
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX (b.abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 October 1839, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )m. Monique LAFOND 9 January 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX (b.30 December 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada d. , )m. Jean-Baptiste PEPIN 11 August 1783 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
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1728 Birth 13 January 1728
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
1752 Marriage / PartnerGabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS 17 January 1752, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
He was 24 years old.
1761 Birth of ChildJosephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 30 December 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
Gabriel was 33 years old.
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.1775 Marriage of ChildJoseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 9 January 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Monique LAFOND
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.1783 Marriage of ChildJosephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married 11 August 1783, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Jean-Baptiste PEPIN
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1797 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Madeleine DESROSIERS died 19 January 1797, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
1808 Death 26 November 1808
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 80.
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