Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

(b. 23 August 1735 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 1 August 1788 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 23 August 1735 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine BENOIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON (maternal) Gabriel BENOIT and Marie ROUSSEL

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

Claude married Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT 8 January 1760 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT was born 30 August 1737 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Louis DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Catherine PICHET dite DUPRÉ.

Claude married (2) Marie-Louise FRECHET 6 August 1770 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise FRECHET was born 22 November 1749 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise died 17 June 1811 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph FRECHETTE and Marie-Louise MARIER (LEMARIÉ).

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 1 August 1788 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Boisvert Marie-Anne
m. Frechet Marie-Louise

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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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Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT-- Date: 8 January 1760 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT was the child of Louis DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Catherine PICHET dite DUPRÉ

Children of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT:

Marie LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX (b.11 March 1761, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. 7 August 1828, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE 15 August 1812 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married

Marie-Louise FRECHET-- Date: 6 August 1770 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise FRECHET was the child of Joseph FRECHETTE and Marie-Louise MARIER (LEMARIÉ)

Children of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Louise FRECHET:

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1735 Birth
23 August 1735
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Anne DENEVERS dite BOISVERT 8 January 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 24 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was born 11 March 1761, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Claude was 25 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Louise FRECHET 6 August 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 34 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.