Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Born

28 June 1740 , La Durantaye, Canada, New France

Died

24 August 1810 , La Durantaye, Lower Canada

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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER Catherine LACROIX

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Born: 28 June 1740 in La Durantaye, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

Mother: Catherine LACROIX

Paternal grandparents: Charles LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER , Marie PLANTE

Maternal grandparents: Andre LACROIX , Marie-Madeleine MARCHAND

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Jean-Baptiste married Catherine ROY 25 August 1789 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine ROY was born 26 July 1757 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Catherine died 22 January 1839 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Étienne ROY and Marie-Reine FRADET.

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER died 24 August 1810 in La Durantaye, 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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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER married

Catherine ROY
Marriage date: 25 August 1789
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine ROY was the child of Étienne ROY and Marie-Reine FRADET

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Catherine ROY

Catherine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER

Born: 26 June 1790, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 13 August 1844, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada East

Married: Jean PATRY 22 April 1805 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Reine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER

Born: 10 May 1792, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: 24 December 1823, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Married: Etienne BOLDUC 2 May 1814 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1740
28 June 1740
La Durantaye, 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.

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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Catherine ROY 25 August 1789, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 49 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Catherine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was born 26 June 1790, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 50 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Reine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was born 10 May 1792, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 51 years old.

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

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

1805 Marriage of Child
Catherine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER married 22 April 1805, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Jean PATRY