Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

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1 October 1763 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Madeleine HOUDE

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Born: 1 October 1763 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Mother: Madeleine HOUDE

Paternal grandparents: Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX , Catherine DESROCHES

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX , Madeleine HUBERT dite LACROIX

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Pierre married Geneviève FOREST 20 September 1791 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Geneviève FOREST was born abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève died 17 September 1850 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Geneviève was the child of Jean FOREST and Marie-Jeanne FORCIER.

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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Geneviève FOREST
Marriage date: 20 September 1791
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Geneviève FOREST was the child of Jean FOREST and Marie-Jeanne FORCIER

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Birth — 1763
1 October 1763
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Geneviève FOREST 20 September 1791, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 27 years old.

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