Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Born

13 January 1728 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Died

26 November 1808 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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, Canada, New France . Marie-Madeleine died 19 January 1797 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean-François DESROSIERS and Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR .

Parents & Family of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Parents of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Father

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Mother

Catherine DESROCHES

Grandparents of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Paternal grandparents

Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Marie-Madeleine CUSSON

Maternal grandparents

Pierre DESROCHERS Suzanne RABOUIN

m. Desrosiers Madeleine

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX married

Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS
Marriage date: 17 January 1752
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: 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

Born: abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 October 1839, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Married: Monique LAFOND 9 January 1775 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 30 December 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste PEPIN 11 August 1783 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Gabriel's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1728
13 January 1728
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS 17 January 1752, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 24 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Birth of Child
Josephte 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 Child
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 9 January 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada 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 Child
Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married 11 August 1783, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada 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

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)