Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born

24 December 1729 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Died

14 February 1812 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Catherine DESROCHES

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Born: 24 December 1729 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Father: Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Mother: Catherine DESROCHES

Paternal grandparents: Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX , Marie-Madeleine CUSSON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DESROCHERS , Suzanne RABOUIN

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Antoine married Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LABBE 25 February 1759 in Québec Province, Canada . Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LABBE was born 25 April 1736 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marguerite died 23 August 1760 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marguerite was the child of Jacques LEFEBVRE dit LABAY and Marguerite LANIEL dite DESROSIERS.

Antoine married (2) Geneviève BENOIT 30 March 1761 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève BENOIT was born 30 September 1741 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Geneviève died 29 January 1831 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Geneviève was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Madeleine-Catherine BURELLE (BUREL).

Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 14 February 1812 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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Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LABBE
Marriage date: 25 February 1759
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LABBE was the child of Jacques LEFEBVRE dit LABAY and Marguerite LANIEL dite DESROSIERS

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Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Geneviève BENOIT
Marriage date: 30 March 1761
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Geneviève BENOIT was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Madeleine-Catherine BURELLE (BUREL)

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Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 17 December 1764, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 23 May 1833, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine LAFOND 10 November 1783 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1729
24 December 1729
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LABBE 25 February 1759, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 29 years old.

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LABBE died 23 August 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Geneviève BENOIT 30 March 1761, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 31 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 17 December 1764, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine was 35 years old.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married 10 November 1783 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Antoine LAFOND

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)

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

Death — 1812
14 February 1812
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 82.

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