Joseph-Amable
LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS
(b.
abt. 1775
,
Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 November 1857
,
Contrecœur, Canada East
)
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Joseph-Amable LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS was born abt. 1775 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Amable LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS was the child of Regis-Francois LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS and Catherine LAFOND dite MONGRAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne MORAND (maternal) Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Marie-Catherine TROTTIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph-Amable married Marie-Louise TREMBLAY 27 July 1801 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 14 October 1786 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis-Jacques TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne ROY.
Joseph-Amable LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS died 21 November 1857 in Contrecœur, Canada East .
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Occupation
Joseph-Amable LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS was a agriculteur.
Joseph-Amable LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS was a agriculteur.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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