Marie LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

(b. 11 March 1761 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. 7 August 1828 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Marie LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was born 11 March 1761 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada

Marie LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine BENOIT (maternal) Louis DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Catherine PICHET dite DUPRÉ

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Marie married Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE 15 August 1812 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was born 15 September 1759 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Joseph died 4 December 1831 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Joseph was the child of Louis-Pierre RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Marie-Anne MARCOTTE.

Marie LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX died 7 August 1828 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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