Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born

2 February 1811 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

14 January 1842 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

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Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA

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Born: 2 February 1811 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Father: Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX

Mother: Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA

Paternal grandparents: Michel-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX , Catherine CAILLÉ

Maternal grandparents: Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) , Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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Alexandre (Alexis) married Rosalie FONTAINE 18 October 1831 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Rosalie FONTAINE was born 26 August 1815 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada. Rosalie died 17 March 1902 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada . Rosalie was the child of Louis FONTAINE and Josephte BOISVERT.

Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 14 January 1842 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East.
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Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Rosalie FONTAINE
Marriage date: 18 October 1831
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Rosalie FONTAINE was the child of Louis FONTAINE and Josephte BOISVERT

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Children of Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Rosalie FONTAINE

Marie DESCÔTEAUX

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Jeanne DESCOTEAUX

Born: 15 May 1840, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Philomene DESCOTEAUX

Born: 25 March 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
Died: 24 August 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1811
2 February 1811
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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

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)

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 / Partner
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Rosalie FONTAINE 18 October 1831, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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)

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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne DESCOTEAUX was born 15 May 1840, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Alexandre (Alexis) was 29 years old.

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