Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER

(b. 31 March 1742 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1794 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was born 31 March 1742 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Catherine LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie PLANTE (maternal) Andre LACROIX and Marie-Madeleine MARCHAND

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Marie-Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste LABBE 9 February 1767 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LABBE was born 2 May 1746 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Jean-Baptiste died 18 January 1830 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste LABBE and Francoise CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE.

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER died 20 October 1794 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER married

Jean-Baptiste LABBE-- Date: 9 February 1767 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste LABBE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LABBE and Francoise CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste LABBE and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER:

André LABBE (b.15 December 1774, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 April 1855, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Marguerite GONTHIER 12 January 1796 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1742 Birth
31 March 1742
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER and Jean-Baptiste LABBE 9 February 1767, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
André LABBE was born 15 December 1774, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine was 32 years old.

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.