Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE

(b. 23 March 1729 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 8 December 1785 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE was born 23 March 1729 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Jeanne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit LATAILLE and Marie-Louise DUCLOS (maternal) Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Marie-Madeleine RIVARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marie-Anne PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY 7 January 1753 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY was born 3 October 1736 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre-Jean PAPILLEAU dit PÉRIGNY and Anne-Marguerite THOMAS.

Joseph married (2) Marie-Françoise HAMON 8 April 1771 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise HAMON was born 25 September 1742 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Vincent HAMOND (HAMMOND) (ÉMOND) and Angélique PELLETIER.

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE died 8 December 1785 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE

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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE married

Marie-Anne PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY-- Date: 7 January 1753 Place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY was the child of Pierre-Jean PAPILLEAU dit PÉRIGNY and Anne-Marguerite THOMAS

Children of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Anne PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY:

François LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE (b.6 September 1755, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Pelagie CORBIN 11 November 1782 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE married

Marie-Françoise HAMON-- Date: 8 April 1771 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Françoise HAMON was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Vincent HAMOND (HAMMOND) (ÉMOND) and Angélique PELLETIER

Children of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Françoise HAMON:

Cecile LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE (b.2 September 1774, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 December 1854, St-Janvier-de-Blainville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Pierre GUENETTE 1793 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1729 Birth
23 March 1729
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Anne PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY 7 January 1753, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 23 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
François LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE was born 6 September 1755, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 26 years old.

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Françoise HAMON 8 April 1771, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 42 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Cecile LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE was born 2 September 1774, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Joseph was 45 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.

1782 Marriage of Child
François LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE married 11 November 1782, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Pelagie CORBIN

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)