Joseph
LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX
(b.
12 April 1763
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
6 August 1843
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
)
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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 12 April 1763 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was the child of Joseph-Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Marie-Josephte ROBIDAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Anne THERRIEN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marie-Josephte PEPIN dite LAFORCEJoseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX died 6 August 1843 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East .
m. Laforest Catherine
m. Proulx Monique
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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 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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