Michel-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born

31 May 1736 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Died

12 April 1802 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Marie-Anne THERRIEN

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Born: 31 May 1736 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Mother: Marie-Anne THERRIEN

Paternal grandparents: Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX , Marie-Madeleine CUSSON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN , Marguerite LAMPRON

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Michel-Gabriel married Catherine CAILLÉ 24 August 1767 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Catherine CAILLÉ was born 26 December 1750 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Catherine died 15 August 1811 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste CAILLÉ and Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE.

Michel-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 12 April 1802 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Michel-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Catherine CAILLÉ
Marriage date: 24 August 1767
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine CAILLÉ was the child of Jean-Baptiste CAILLÉ and Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE

Children of Michel-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine CAILLÉ

Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

Born: abt. 1769, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

Born: abt. 1769, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Michel GAGNON 7 January 1799 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 26 October 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 February 1850, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

Married: Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA 19 February 1798 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Born: 21 February 1773, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 April 1851, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

Angelique LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

Born: abt. 1781, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 October 1857, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East

Marguerite LEFEBVRE

Born: 4 October 1784, Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 February 1826, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine GAUTHIER 20 April 1807 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1736
31 May 1736
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Michel-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine CAILLÉ 24 August 1767, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX was born 26 October 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Michel-Gabriel was 34 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 21 February 1773, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Michel-Gabriel was 36 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Marguerite LEFEBVRE was born 4 October 1784, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gabriel was 48 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1798 Marriage of Child
Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX married 19 February 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX married 7 January 1799, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Michel GAGNON

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)