Marie-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

(b. 16 February 1742 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 3 October 1796 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 16 February 1742 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Angelique GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES (maternal) Jean GAUTHIER and Angélique GENTES

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Marie-Françoise married Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU 4 May 1761 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU was born 1 November 1738 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Gabriel died 16 May 1818 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Gabriel was the child of Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marguerite CONSTANTINEAU.

Marie-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX died 3 October 1796 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married

Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU-- Date: 4 May 1761 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
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Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU was the child of Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marguerite CONSTANTINEAU

Children of Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marie-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX:

Gabriel MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS (b.20 February 1762, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. 1 July 1846, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East)
m. Marie-Anne LUPIEN dite BARON 9 October 1787 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1742 Birth
16 February 1742
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX and Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU 4 May 1761, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 19 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Gabriel MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS was born 20 February 1762, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Françoise was 20 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Gabriel MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS married 9 October 1787, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Anne LUPIEN dite BARON

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

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