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Joseph DESCOTEAUX dit LEFEBVRE

(b. 1 October 1777 , Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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Joseph DESCOTEAUX dit LEFEBVRE was born 1 October 1777 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph DESCOTEAUX dit LEFEBVRE was the child of Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Victoire CHAPERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Anne THERRIEN (maternal) Pierre CHAPERON and Catherine SIMON dite LEONARD

m. Lyonnais Marguerite

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 MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - Did you know? The chief festivities in New France occurred at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter, and May Day. On Michaelmas the habitant came to pay the annual rental for his lands.

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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1777 Birth
1 October 1777
Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)
Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)
Eglise de la Longue-Pointe (1837)
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1777 Birth
1 October 1777
Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)
Eglise de la Longue-Pointe (1837)
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