Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born

20 March 1726 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Died

31 January 1805 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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. Marie-Geneviève-Louise was the child of Jacques BEAUDET and Marie-Angélique LEMAY .

Pierre married 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, Canada, New France . Madeleine died 22 August 1824 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Madeleine was the child of Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Madeleine HUBERT dite LACROIX .

Parents & Family of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Parents of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Father

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Mother

Catherine DESROCHES

Grandparents of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Paternal grandparents

Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Marie-Madeleine CUSSON

Maternal grandparents

Pierre DESROCHERS Suzanne RABOUIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET
Marriage date: 10 February 1755
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET was the child of Jacques BEAUDET and Marie-Angélique LEMAY

Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET

No children are currently listed for this couple.

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Madeleine HOUDE
Marriage date: 21 September 1761
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Madeleine HOUDE was the child of Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Madeleine HUBERT dite LACROIX

Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine HOUDE

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Born: 1 October 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Geneviève FOREST 20 September 1791 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

Born: 7 October 1765, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 10 June 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: François PROULX 19 January 1790 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Born: abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU 9 January 1809 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 2 June 1817 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.

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 — 1726
20 March 1726
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET 10 February 1755, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 28 years old.

1761 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine HOUDE 21 September 1761 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 35 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 1 October 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Pierre was 37 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was born 7 October 1765, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Pierre was 39 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX married 19 January 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada to François PROULX

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX married 20 September 1791, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada to Geneviève FOREST

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

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