Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

(b. 20 March 1726 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1805 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 20 March 1726 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON (maternal) Pierre DESROCHERS and Suzanne RABOUIN

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

Pierre married Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET 10 February 1755 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET was born abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Geneviève-Louise was the child of Jacques BEAUDET and Marie-Angélique LEMAY.

Pierre married (2) Madeleine HOUDE 21 September 1761 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine HOUDE was born 6 November 1740 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Madeleine died 22 August 1824 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Madeleine was the child of Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Madeleine HUBERT dite LACROIX.

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 31 January 1805 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET-- Date: 10 February 1755 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
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Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET was the child of Jacques BEAUDET and Marie-Angélique LEMAY

Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET:

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Madeleine HOUDE-- Date: 21 September 1761 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Madeleine HOUDE was the child of Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Madeleine HUBERT dite LACROIX

Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine HOUDE:

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX (b.1 October 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève FOREST 20 September 1791 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX (b.7 October 1765, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 June 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. François PROULX 19 January 1790 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU 9 January 1809 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Marie-Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 2 June 1817 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1726 Birth
20 March 1726
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET 10 February 1755, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 28 years old.

1761 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine HOUDE 21 September 1761 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 1 October 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Pierre was 37 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was born 7 October 1765, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Pierre was 39 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)

1790 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX married 19 January 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to François PROULX

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX married 20 September 1791, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Geneviève FOREST

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

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