Marie-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX

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1 March 1758 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

23 August 1840 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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Jacques LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX Marie-Madeleine ROCHEREAU

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Born: 1 March 1758 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX

Mother: Marie-Madeleine ROCHEREAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX , Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: François ROCHEREAU , Marguerite PROVENCHER

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Marie-Elisabeth married Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT 18 January 1782 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT was born 4 June 1755 in Forges du St-Maurice, Canada. Jean Baptiste died 20 August 1822 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Jean Baptiste was the child of Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR and Thérèse DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE.

Marie-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX died 23 August 1840 in Trois-Rivières, 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-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX married

Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT
Marriage date: 18 January 1782
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT was the child of Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR and Thérèse DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE

Children of Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT and Marie-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX

Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT

Born: 5 November 1792, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Françoise DUBOIS 27 January 1818 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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Birth — 1758
1 March 1758
Champlain, Canada, New France

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX and Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT 18 January 1782 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 23 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT was born 5 November 1792, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Elisabeth was 34 years old.

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

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

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT married 27 January 1818, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie-Françoise DUBOIS

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England