Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX

Born

26 October 1770 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 February 1850 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

Gabriel married Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA 19 February 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA was born 8 December 1771 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josette-Pélagie died 28 September 1868 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada . Marie-Josette-Pélagie was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) .

Parents & Family of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX

Parents of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX

Father

Michel-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Mother

Catherine CAILLÉ

Grandparents of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX

Paternal grandparents

Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Marie-Anne THERRIEN

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste CAILLÉ Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX

Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX married

Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA
Marriage date: 19 February 1798
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA

François LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 1 November 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 21 February 1839, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Louis LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 17 February 1800, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Josette LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 18 November 1801, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis HOUDE 31 January 1826 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Elisabeth-Isabelle LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 12 February 1803, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Hyacinthe PROVOST 5 March 1821 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste-Olivier LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 14 December 1804, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 8 July 1806, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 8 March 1808, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 22 March 1808, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Marie-Julie LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 19 March 1809, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 2 April 1809, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 24 January 1810, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 26 January 1810, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 2 February 1811, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 14 January 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

Married: Rosalie FONTAINE 18 October 1831 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 20 February 1814, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 28 March 1814, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Angelique-Adelaide LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 18 December 1815, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 21 November 1816, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Henriette BOISVERT 15 April 1850 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Baptism

Name: Gabriel Lefebvre
Relationship to Head: Enfant (Child)
Baptism Date: 28 oct. 1770
Baptism Place: Baie-du-Febvre
Father: Michel-Gabriel Lefebvre
Mother: Catherine Caille

Ancestry.com. Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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Birth — 1770
26 October 1770
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

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

1798 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA 19 February 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 27 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
François LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 1 November 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 28 years old.

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

1800 Birth of Child
Louis LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 17 February 1800, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 29 years old.

1801 Birth of Child
Josette LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 18 November 1801, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 31 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 12 February 1803, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 32 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Olivier LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 14 December 1804, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 34 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 8 July 1806, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 35 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 8 March 1808, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 37 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Marie-Julie LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 19 March 1809, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 38 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 24 January 1810, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 39 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 2 February 1811, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 40 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 20 February 1814, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 43 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Angelique-Adelaide LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 18 December 1815, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 45 years old.

1816 Death of Child
Angelique-Adelaide LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX died 21 November 1816, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 46 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married 5 March 1821, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada to Hyacinthe PROVOST

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage of Child
Josette LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married 31 January 1826, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada to Alexis HOUDE

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 18 October 1831, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada to Rosalie FONTAINE

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Death of Child
François LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 21 February 1839, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 68 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Death of Child
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 14 January 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 71 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

Death — 1850
8 February 1850
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
He died at the age of 79.

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