Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS

(b. 31 August 1737 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 14 June 1825 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS was born 31 August 1737 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS was the child of Antoine LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne MORAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit LATAILLE and Marie-Louise DUCLOS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD and Elisabeth DUBOIS

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Antoine married Elisabeth-Barbe LAFOND dite MONGRAIN 10 October 1767 in Québec Province, Canada . Elisabeth-Barbe LAFOND dite MONGRAIN was born 4 October 1746 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Elisabeth-Barbe died 9 May 1825 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Elisabeth-Barbe was the child of Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Marie-Catherine TROTTIER.

Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS died 14 June 1825 in Batiscan, 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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Elisabeth-Barbe LAFOND dite MONGRAIN-- Date: 10 October 1767 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Elisabeth-Barbe LAFOND dite MONGRAIN was the child of Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Marie-Catherine TROTTIER

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1737 Birth
31 August 1737
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS and Elisabeth-Barbe LAFOND dite MONGRAIN 10 October 1767, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 30 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.