Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX

(b. 16 April 1721 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1806 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX was born 16 April 1721 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX and Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne LEBLANC dite LABRIE (maternal) Joseph-François RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and Françoise DUBOIS

Jean-Baptiste had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Jean-Baptiste married Therese TOUPIN 9 November 1744 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese TOUPIN was born 25 September 1721 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Therese died 28 April 1767 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Therese was the child of Jean TOUPIN and Therese CARON.

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX died 14 April 1806 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower 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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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX married

Therese TOUPIN-- Date: 9 November 1744 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Therese TOUPIN was the child of Jean TOUPIN and Therese CARON

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX and Therese TOUPIN:

Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX (b.21 February 1757, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1835, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Alexis BIGOT dit DORVAL 12 February 1776 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1721 Birth
16 April 1721
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX and Therese TOUPIN 9 November 1744, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

He was 23 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX was born 21 February 1757, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 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.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Therese TOUPIN died 28 April 1767, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX married 12 February 1776, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Joseph-Alexis BIGOT dit DORVAL

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Death
14 April 1806
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 85.

Added: 3/16/2020 2:25:28 PM - Updated: 1/30/2022 3:35:40 PM