Claude
LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX
(b.
29 June 1737
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
d.
27 July 1790
,
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 29 June 1737 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Angelique GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES (maternal) Jean GAUTHIER and Angélique GENTESSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude married Marie-Josephte-Celeste BLUTEAU dite LARABELLE 16 January 1769 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte-Celeste BLUTEAU dite LARABELLE was born 21 June 1750 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Marie-Josephte-Celeste died 14 December 1799 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Josephte-Celeste was the child of Joseph BLUTEAU dit LARABELLE and Marie CHAPERON.
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX died 27 July 1790 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Claude appear below.
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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