Joseph DECARY (DESCARIES) dit LEHOUX

(b. 6 August 1691 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1747 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Joseph DECARY (DESCARIES) dit LEHOUX was born 6 August 1691 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph DECARY (DESCARIES) dit LEHOUX was the child of Paul DECARY and Marie HURTUBISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean DECARY and Michelle ARTUS (maternal) Marin HURTUBISE and Etiennette ALTON

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Joseph married Cunegonde LEFEBVRE 6 April 1717 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Cunegonde LEFEBVRE was born 1 December 1694 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Cunegonde was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN and Cunegonde GERVAIS.

Joseph DECARY (DESCARIES) dit LEHOUX died 15 April 1747 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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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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Cunegonde LEFEBVRE-- Date: 6 April 1717 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Cunegonde LEFEBVRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN and Cunegonde GERVAIS

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1691 Birth
6 August 1691
Montréal, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DECARY (DESCARIES) dit LEHOUX and Cunegonde LEFEBVRE 6 April 1717, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard