Nicolas LEFEBVRE

(b. 28 August 1726 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 17 May 1789 , Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Nicolas LEFEBVRE was born 28 August 1726 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Nicolas LEFEBVRE was the child of Nicolas LEFEBVRE and Marguerite-Angélique GODBOUT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE dit LADOUCEUR and Marie MARCOTTE (maternal) Joseph GODBOUT and Marguerite MANSEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Nicolas married Marthe CÔTÉ 22 January 1753 in Donnacona, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marthe CÔTÉ was born 18 April 1732 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marthe died 25 November 1804 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Marthe was the child of Guillaume CÔTÉ and Clotilde AMELOT.

Nicolas LEFEBVRE died 17 May 1789 in Donnacona, Province of Québec, 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.

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Family and Children of Nicolas LEFEBVRE

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Nicolas LEFEBVRE married

Marthe CÔTÉ-- Date: 22 January 1753 Place: Donnacona, Canada, New France
Marthe CÔTÉ was the child of Guillaume CÔTÉ and Clotilde AMELOT

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Children of Nicolas LEFEBVRE and Marthe CÔTÉ:

Nicolas LEFEBVRE (b.27 December 1753, Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 10 April 1754, Donnacona, Canada, New France )

Madeleine LEFEBVRE (b.28 October 1755, Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 6 December 1755, Donnacona, Canada, New France )

Marthe LEFEBVRE (b.27 May 1757, Donnacona, Canada, New France d. , )

Nicolas LEFEBVRE (b.15 November 1759, Donnacona, Canada, New France d. , )

Charles LEFEBVRE (b.5 March 1761, Donnacona, Canada d. , )

Louis LEFEBVRE (b.abt. 1763, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Madeleine LEFEBVRE (b.3 November 1764, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 October 1840, Batiscan, Lower Canada )
m. François BARIL 19 September 1802 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Genevieve LEFEBVRE (b.21 April 1766, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 May 1766, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada )

Clothilde LEFEBVRE (b.11 June 1767, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 May 1825, Donnacona, Lower Canada )

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE (b.2 November 1769, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 August 1770, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE (b.6 July 1771, Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 June 1773, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada )

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE (b.6 June 1773, Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 July 1773, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada )

Angelique LEFEBVRE (b.31 May 1776, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 August 1776, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada )

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1726 Birth
28 August 1726
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas LEFEBVRE and Marthe CÔTÉ 22 January 1753, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

He was 26 years old.

1753 Birth of Child
Nicolas LEFEBVRE was born 27 December 1753, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 27 years old.

1754 Death of Child
Nicolas LEFEBVRE died 10 April 1754, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 27 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Madeleine LEFEBVRE was born 28 October 1755, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 29 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Marthe LEFEBVRE was born 27 May 1757, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 30 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Nicolas LEFEBVRE was born 15 November 1759, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 33 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Charles LEFEBVRE was born 5 March 1761, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 34 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
Madeleine LEFEBVRE was born 3 November 1764, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 38 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Genevieve LEFEBVRE was born 21 April 1766, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 39 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Clothilde LEFEBVRE was born 11 June 1767, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 40 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE was born 2 November 1769, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 43 years old.

1770 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE died 14 August 1770, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 43 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE was born 6 July 1771, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Nicolas was 44 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE was born 6 June 1773, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Nicolas was 46 years old.

1773 Death of Child
Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE died 29 June 1773, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 46 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Angelique LEFEBVRE was born 31 May 1776, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Nicolas was 49 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Death
17 May 1789
Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 62.

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