François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

(b. 23 September 1734 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1797 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 23 September 1734 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Geneviève LAURENDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Reine MESNY (maternal) Jean LAURENDEAU and Marie THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

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

François married Marie-Thérèse MOREL 1 February 1773 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse MOREL was born abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Thérèse died 10 May 1828 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Charles-Alexandre MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Marie-Anne OUIMET.

François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER died 23 April 1797 in L'Islet, 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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François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER married

Marie-Thérèse MOREL-- Date: 1 February 1773 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Thérèse MOREL was the child of Charles-Alexandre MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Marie-Anne OUIMET

Children of François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Thérèse MOREL:

Marie-Thérèse LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER (b.9 November 1774, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 October 1830, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Hilarion THIBAULT 25 November 1794 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1734 Birth
23 September 1734
Montmagny, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
François LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Thérèse MOREL 1 February 1773, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 38 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was born 9 November 1774, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

François was 40 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.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER married 25 November 1794, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Hilarion THIBAULT