Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born

23 August 1735 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Died

1 August 1788 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Catherine BENOIT

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Born: 23 August 1735 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Mother: Catherine BENOIT

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

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel BENOIT , Marie ROUSSEL

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Claude married Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT 8 January 1760 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT was born 30 August 1737 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France. Marie-Anne was the child of Louis DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Catherine PICHET dite DUPRÉ.

Claude married (2) Marie-Louise FRECHET 6 August 1770 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise FRECHET was born 22 November 1749 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise died 17 June 1811 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph FRECHETTE and Marie-Louise MARIER (LEMARIÉ).

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 1 August 1788 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Boisvert Marie-Anne
m. Frechet Marie-Louise

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Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT
Marriage date: 8 January 1760
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT was the child of Louis DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Catherine PICHET dite DUPRÉ

Children of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT

Marie LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

Born: 11 March 1761, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Died: 7 August 1828, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE 15 August 1812 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Marie-Louise FRECHET
Marriage date: 6 August 1770
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise FRECHET was the child of Joseph FRECHETTE and Marie-Louise MARIER (LEMARIÉ)

Children of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Louise FRECHET

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1735
23 August 1735
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT 8 January 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 24 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was born 11 March 1761, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Claude was 25 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Louise FRECHET 6 August 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 34 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.