Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Born

15 September 1698 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

3 September 1765 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER Reine MESNY

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Born: 15 September 1698 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Jean LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Mother: Reine MESNY

Paternal grandparents: Claude LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER , Marie-Ursule ARCULAR

Maternal grandparents: Étienne MESNY , Catherine LAÎNÉ

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Joseph married Geneviève LAURENDEAU 13 May 1726 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève LAURENDEAU was born 31 May 1698 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Geneviève died 22 March 1781 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Geneviève was the child of Jean LAURENDEAU and Marie THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT).

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER died 3 September 1765 in Montmagny, 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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Geneviève LAURENDEAU
Marriage date: 13 May 1726
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Geneviève LAURENDEAU was the child of Jean LAURENDEAU and Marie THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

Children of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Geneviève LAURENDEAU

Augustin LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Born: 15 January 1730, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 2 June 1808, Montmagny, Lower Canada

Married: Marie Madeleine POIRIER 15 February 1773 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Born: 18 October 1731, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 22 April 1791, Montmagny, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Genevieve FOURNIER 20 January 1753 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Born: 23 September 1734, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 23 April 1797, L'Islet, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Thérèse MOREL 1 February 1773 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1698
15 September 1698
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1726 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Geneviève LAURENDEAU 13 May 1726, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 27 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Augustin LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 15 January 1730, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 18 October 1731, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph was 33 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 23 September 1734, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph was 36 years old.

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER married 20 January 1753, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marie-Genevieve FOURNIER

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.