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Pelagie
DESCOTEAUX dite LEFEBVRE
(b.
4 July 1779
,
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
30 April 1864
,
Yamachiche, Lower Canada
)
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Pelagie DESCOTEAUX dite LEFEBVRE was born 4 July 1779 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Pelagie DESCOTEAUX dite LEFEBVRE was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine LAURE (LORD) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine-Louise ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU (maternal) Jean LAURE (LORD) and Marie-Madeleine COMEAU
Pelagie DESCOTEAUX dite LEFEBVRE died 30 April 1864 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .
m. Lesieur Antoine
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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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know? Habitants spent the wintertime cleaning and repairing tools and tending the animals. In spring they planted crops, took animals to pasture, and fixed fences. They ploughed the land with a team of oxen
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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1779 Birth
4 July 1779
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
1864 Death
30 April 1864
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
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1779 Birth 4 July 1779
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
1864 Death 30 April 1864
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
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