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 LACROIXSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
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 .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Josephe 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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