Antoine
LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX
(b.
20 September 1784
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
20 April 1857
,
Plessisville, Canada East
)
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Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 20 September 1784 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Monique LAFOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS (maternal) Antoine LAFOND and Marie-Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE 20 November 1809 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was born 5 September 1789 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Josephte was the child of Louis-Henri CHEVREFILS and Josephte GAUTHIER.
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 20 April 1857 in Plessisville, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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