Joseph-Pierre LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE

(b. 20 April 1755 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 28 March 1814 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Pierre LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE was born 20 April 1755 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Joseph-Pierre LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE was the child of Pierre-Jean LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE and Marguerite COURAULT dite COULON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Madeleine-Catherine CHÂTENAY (CHASTENAY) (maternal) Jean-François COURAULT dit COULON and Marie-Anne BURELLE (BUREL)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Pierre married Marie-Anne RIVARD 4 July 1774 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Anne RIVARD was born 30 April 1755 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 16 March 1815 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis-Pierre RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Marie-Anne MARCOTTE.

Joseph-Pierre LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE died 28 March 1814 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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Joseph-Pierre LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE married

Marie-Anne RIVARD-- Date: 4 July 1774 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne RIVARD was the child of Louis-Pierre RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Marie-Anne MARCOTTE

Children of Joseph-Pierre LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE and Marie-Anne RIVARD:

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE (b.abt. 1776, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 December 1848, St-François-du-Lac Canada)

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE (b.abt. 1777, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 April 1828, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Marie SEVIGNY 24 February 1800 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Anne LEFEBVRE dite SENNEVILLE (b.abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1755 Birth
20 April 1755
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Pierre LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE and Marie-Anne RIVARD 4 July 1774 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 19 years old.

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.

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage of Child
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE married 24 February 1800, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie SEVIGNY