Marie-Catherine
LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX
(b.
12 June 1701
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
d.
31 August 1736
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
)
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Marie-Catherine LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX was born 12 June 1701 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX was the child of Jacques LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne LEBLANC dite LABRIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX and Catherine FERRE (maternal) Nicolas LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Marie-Madeleine DUTEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Catherine married Joseph RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) 3 July 1724 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) was born 25 July 1705 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Joseph was the child of Joseph-François RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and Françoise DUBOIS.
Marie-Catherine LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX died 31 August 1736 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Catherine appear below.
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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