Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN

(b. 17 February 1647 , France d. 27 April 1715 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN was born 17 February 1647 in France

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN was the child of ? and ?

Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1676.

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

Jean-Baptiste married Cunegonde GERVAIS 14 January 1676 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Cunegonde GERVAIS was born 30 January 1657 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Cunegonde died 16 February 1724 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Cunegonde was the child of Jean GERVAIS and Anne ARCHAMBAULT.

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN died 27 April 1715 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Geoffroy Lefebvre and Jeanne Millet

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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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