Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

(b. 11 September 1708 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1781 , La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 11 September 1708 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Ursule ARCULAR (maternal) Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte MARCEAU 17 October 1730 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte MARCEAU was born 26 May 1707 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 22 August 1792 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Louis MARCEAU and Jeanne DUMAS.

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER died 15 April 1781 in La Durantaye, Province of Québec, 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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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER married

Marie-Josephte MARCEAU-- Date: 17 October 1730 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte MARCEAU was the child of Louis MARCEAU and Jeanne DUMAS

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Josephte MARCEAU:

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER (b.20 September 1731, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1817, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe FOUGERE (FUGERE) 7 January 1751 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE (b.22 June 1734, Beauceville, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1821, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Felicite GOSSELIN 6 February 1752 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1708 Birth
11 September 1708
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1730 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Josephte MARCEAU 17 October 1730, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 20 September 1731, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE was born 22 June 1734, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1751 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER married 7 January 1751, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marie-Elisabeth-Barbe FOUGERE (FUGERE)

1752 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE married 6 February 1752, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Felicite GOSSELIN

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.

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.