Charlotte
LEFEBVRE dite DESPINS
(b.
21 February 1736
,
Batiscan, Canada, New France
d.
17 May 1806
,
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
)
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Charlotte LEFEBVRE dite DESPINS was born 21 February 1736 in Batiscan, Canada, New France
Charlotte LEFEBVRE dite DESPINS was the child of Antoine LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne MORAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit LATAILLE and Marie-Louise DUCLOS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD and Elisabeth DUBOISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charlotte married Antoine LAFOND 8 February 1756 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine LAFOND was born 28 May 1733 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Antoine died 15 September 1793 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Antoine was the child of Pierre-Etienne LAFOND and Marie Anne Lydia DRUE (DREW).
Charlotte LEFEBVRE dite DESPINS died 17 May 1806 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Charlotte 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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