Jean-Baptiste
LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER
(b.
18 October 1731
,
Montmagny, Canada, New France
d.
22 April 1791
,
Montmagny, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 18 October 1731 in Montmagny, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Geneviève LAURENDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Reine MESNY (maternal) Jean LAURENDEAU and Marie THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Genevieve FOURNIER 20 January 1753 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Genevieve FOURNIER was born 14 March 1739 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Genevieve died 6 April 1806 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Genevieve was the child of Pierre-Basile FOURNIER and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS.
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER died 22 April 1791 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste 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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