Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE

(b. 9 October 1735 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1809 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE was born 9 October 1735 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Madeleine-Catherine CHÂTENAY (CHASTENAY) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON (maternal) Jean CHÂTENAY (CHASTENAY) dit LAGUIGNE and Marie-Anne HÉBERT

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

Joseph married Marguerite TESSIER 20 May 1757 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marguerite TESSIER was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 19 March 1827 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marguerite was the child of Charles TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Madeleine PEPIN.

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE died 21 April 1809 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .

m. Tessier Marguerite

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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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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE married

Marguerite TESSIER-- Date: 20 May 1757 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marguerite TESSIER was the child of Charles TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Madeleine PEPIN

Children of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE and Marguerite TESSIER:

Joseph SENNEVILLE (b.13 July 1758, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1815, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite PROULX 4 February 1788 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Marie-Josephte ROBIDAS 28 February 1797 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Josephte SENNEVILLE dite LEFEBVRE (b.28 August 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. 29 May 1814, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

Marguerite SENNEVILLE dite LEFEBVRE (b.20 June 1768, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marc CHARPENTIER 23 January 1787 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste SENNEVILLE (b.2 April 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 March 1837, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Louise DIDIER dite PARISIEN 16 January 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Alexis SENNEVILLE (b.12 April 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 October 1862, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )
m. Marie BOUCHER 24 November 1801 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1735 Birth
9 October 1735
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit SENNEVILLE and Marguerite TESSIER 20 May 1757 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 21 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Joseph SENNEVILLE was born 13 July 1758, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 22 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte SENNEVILLE dite LEFEBVRE was born 28 August 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 24 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Marguerite SENNEVILLE dite LEFEBVRE was born 20 June 1768, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 32 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste SENNEVILLE was born 2 April 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Alexis SENNEVILLE was born 12 April 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marguerite SENNEVILLE dite LEFEBVRE married 23 January 1787, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marc CHARPENTIER

1788 Marriage of Child
Joseph SENNEVILLE married 4 February 1788, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marguerite PROULX

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Joseph SENNEVILLE married 28 February 1797, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Josephte ROBIDAS

1798 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste SENNEVILLE married 16 January 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Louise DIDIER dite PARISIEN

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Alexis SENNEVILLE married 24 November 1801, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie BOUCHER