Joseph
LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER
(b.
15 January 1778
,
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
2 June 1855
,
Saint-Guillaume, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 15 January 1778 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was the child of Charles LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Francoise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Angelique GUERET (QUERET) dite LATULIPPE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Francoise LESIEURSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Josephte FORTIER 16 May 1803 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte FORTIER was born 1 August 1785 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Josephte died 19 October 1862 in Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada (Saint-Guillaume-d'Upton). Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles FORTIER and Marie-Charlotte BARABÉ.
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER died 2 June 1855 in Saint-Guillaume, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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