Claude
LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX
(b.
10 June 1688
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
d.
18 June 1749
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
)
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Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 10 June 1688 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Jeanne AUNEAU (AUNOIS) (maternal) Jean CUSSON and Marie FOUBERTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude married Catherine DESROCHES 30 December 1712 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Catherine DESROCHES was born abt. 1696 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Catherine died 26 April 1780 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Catherine was the child of Pierre DESROCHERS and Suzanne RABOUIN.
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 18 June 1749 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France .
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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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