Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Born

20 September 1731 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

10 December 1817 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER Marie-Josephte MARCEAU

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Born: 20 September 1731 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Mother: Marie-Josephte MARCEAU

Paternal grandparents: Claude LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER , Marie-Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Maternal grandparents: Louis MARCEAU , Jeanne DUMAS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe FOUGERE (FUGERE) 7 January 1751 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe FOUGERE (FUGERE) was born 12 November 1720 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe died 27 March 1759 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe was the child of Pierre FOUGERE (FUGERE) and Madeleine VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL).

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER died 10 December 1817 in Sainte-Marie, 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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Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe FOUGERE (FUGERE)
Marriage date: 7 January 1751
Marriage place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe FOUGERE (FUGERE) was the child of Pierre FOUGERE (FUGERE) and Madeleine VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL)

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Françoise LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER

Born: 9 September 1754, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 3 March 1827, Beaumont, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Marie LAINÉ dit LALIBERTÉ 17 October 1775 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1731
20 September 1731
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe FOUGERE (FUGERE) 7 January 1751, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Françoise LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was born 9 September 1754, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

1759 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe FOUGERE (FUGERE) died 27 March 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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.

1775 Marriage of Child
Françoise LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER married 17 October 1775, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Jean-Marie LAINÉ dit LALIBERTÉ

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.