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Firmin
LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX
(b.
15 March 1786
,
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
6 July 1815
,
Yamachiche, Lower Canada
)
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Firmin LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 15 March 1786 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Firmin LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX 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
Firmin LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX died 6 July 1815 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .
m. Roy Marguerite
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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? In New France, the vast majority of newcomers were either soldiers or indentured workers. Before crossing the Atlantic, the indentured workers had signed a contract providing for a predetermined stay.
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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1786 Birth
15 March 1786
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
1815 Death
6 July 1815
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
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1786 Birth 15 March 1786
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
1815 Death 6 July 1815
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
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