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)
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