Pierre-Michel
LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX
(b.
abt. 1616
,
France
d.
16 July 1668
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
)
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Pierre-Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born abt. 1616 in France. Pierre-Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was the child of ? and ?
Pierre-Michel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1646.
Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
He married Jeanne AUNEAU (AUNOIS) abt. 1646 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Jeanne AUNEAU (AUNOIS) was born abt. 1621 in France. She died 11 February 1697 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers).
Pierre-Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX died 16 July 1668 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France .
Death records in Drouin Collection for Cap-de-la-Madeleine begin in 1673
Details of the family tree of Pierre-Michel appear below.
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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know? In the mid 1600s, pro-birth measures were put in place to encourage population growth in New...Read MORE...History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
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)
1647 Birth of Child
Jacques LEFEBVRE was born 12 January 1647, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
'The Journal of the Jesuits reported that on 4 July 1648, our ancestor was captured by the Iroquois... Pierre Lefebvre spent three long months as a captive among the Iroquois...'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VI, Page 136- 1648 Birth of Child
Catherine LEFEBVRE was born 4 December 1648, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) - 1651 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LEFEBVRE was born 15 May 1651, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) - 1654 Birth of Child
Michel LEFEBVRE was born 3 March 1654, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) - 1656 Birth of Child
Ignace LEFEBVRE dit BELISLE was born 3 April 1656, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) - 1658 Birth of Child
Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 19 September 1658, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) - 1661 Birth of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE was born 30 September 1661, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
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