Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE

(b. 4 February 1743 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 9 January 1774 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE was born 4 February 1743 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE was the child of Antoine LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE and Marie-Josephe BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEFEBVRE dit BELISLE and Marie-Suzanne TROTTIER (maternal) Etienne-Joseph BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) and Marie-Marguerite POISSON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Josephte married Joseph GIRARD 5 November 1764 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GIRARD was born 12 April 1735 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph was the child of Joseph GIRARD and Marie-Anne VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT.

Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE died 9 January 1774 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE married

Joseph GIRARD-- Date: 5 November 1764 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph GIRARD was the child of Joseph GIRARD and Marie-Anne VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT

Children of Joseph GIRARD and Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE:

Josephte GIRARD (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Marie RAICHE dit BEAUCHEMIN 5 February 1787 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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1743 Birth
4 February 1743
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE and Joseph GIRARD 5 November 1764, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 21 years old.