Pierre
LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX
(b.
15 October 1731
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
d.
1 November 1816
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX was born 15 October 1731 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX and Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne LEBLANC dite LABRIE (maternal) Joseph-François RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and Françoise DUBOISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Charlotte GUILLON 25 October 1756 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . Marie-Charlotte GUILLON was born 19 January 1739 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Charlotte died 13 May 1810 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUILLON and Marguerite PROVENCHER.
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX died 1 November 1816 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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