Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

(b. 22 September 1725 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1784 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 22 September 1725 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Nicolas LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine COURRIER dite BOURGUIGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON (maternal) Mathieu COURRIER dit BOURGUIGNON and Marie-Madeleine VANASSE

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Marie-Madeleine married Joseph-Louis BROUILLET dit LAVIGEUR abt. 1757 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Louis BROUILLET dit LAVIGEUR was born 1 March 1738 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Joseph-Louis was the child of Pierre BROUILLET dit LAVIGEUR and Geneviève LARRIVÉE.

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX died 17 March 1784 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

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Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married

Joseph-Louis BROUILLET dit LAVIGEUR-- Date: abt. 1757 Place:
Joseph-Louis BROUILLET dit LAVIGEUR was the child of Pierre BROUILLET dit LAVIGEUR and Geneviève LARRIVÉE

Children of Joseph-Louis BROUILLET dit LAVIGEUR and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX:

Marie-Josephe BROUILLET dite LAVIGEUR (b.5 December 1757, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France d. 18 July 1815, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada)
m. Antoine COSSETTE (COSSET) 1790

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1725 Birth
22 September 1725
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe BROUILLET dite LAVIGEUR was born 5 December 1757, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine was 32 years old.

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 - 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.