Pierre
LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX
(b.
20 March 1726
,
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
d.
31 January 1805
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 20 March 1726 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON (maternal) Pierre DESROCHERS and Suzanne RABOUINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET 10 February 1755 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET was born abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Geneviève-Louise was the child of Jacques BEAUDET and Marie-Angélique LEMAY.
Pierre married (2) Madeleine HOUDE 21 September 1761 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine HOUDE was born 6 November 1740 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Madeleine died 22 August 1824 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Madeleine was the child of Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Madeleine HUBERT dite LACROIX.
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 31 January 1805 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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