Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

(b. 7 October 1765 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 June 1827 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was born 7 October 1765 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES (maternal) Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Madeleine HUBERT dite LACROIX

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Marie-Josephe married François PROULX 19 January 1790 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . François PROULX was born 26 April 1760 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). François died 16 May 1829 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). François was the child of Joseph PROULX and Marie-Angélique ALLARD.

Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX died 10 June 1827 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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François PROULX-- Date: 19 January 1790 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
François PROULX was the child of Joseph PROULX and Marie-Angélique ALLARD

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1765 Birth
7 October 1765
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX and François PROULX 19 January 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 24 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England