Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY

(b. 24 May 1720 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 June 1790 , Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY was born 24 May 1720 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Madeleine SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie BOUCHARD (maternal) Robert SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN) and Claude (Claudine) Philiberte CHRETIEN

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

Antoine married Marie-Agathe LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 3 November 1744 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Agathe LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born 6 March 1728 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Agathe died 12 February 1761 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Agathe was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angélique LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU).

Antoine married (2) Marie-Catherine-Emilie LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 11 January 1762 in Lavaltrie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Catherine-Emilie LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born 28 February 1743 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Catherine-Emilie died 4 April 1825 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Catherine-Emilie was the child of Nicolas LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Jeanne CADERON ST-PIERRE DITE RENARD.

Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY died 13 June 1790 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada .

born in the Côte-Saint-Léonard section of Montréal

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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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Family and Children of Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY

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Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY married

Marie-Agathe LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES-- Date: 3 November 1744 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Marie-Agathe LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angélique LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU)

Children of Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Agathe LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES:

Antoine-Toussaint GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY (b.16 October 1745, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 25 April 1832, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve HARNOIS 10 October 1768 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY married

Marie-Catherine-Emilie LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES-- Date: 11 January 1762 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada
Marie-Catherine-Emilie LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was the child of Nicolas LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Jeanne CADERON ST-PIERRE DITE RENARD

Children of Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Catherine-Emilie LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES:

Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY (b.1 November 1770, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 June 1838, St-Paul, Joliette, Quebec, Canada)
m. Alexis RIVET 11 July 1803 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Joseph-Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY (b.22 May 1782, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Angelique MENARD 12 September 1803 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1720 Birth
24 May 1720
Montréal, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Agathe LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 3 November 1744 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 24 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Antoine-Toussaint GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY was born 16 October 1745, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Antoine was 25 years old.

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

1761 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Agathe LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES died 12 February 1761, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Catherine-Emilie LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 11 January 1762 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 41 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 Marriage of Child
Antoine-Toussaint GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY married 10 October 1768, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Genevieve HARNOIS

1770 Birth of Child
Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was born 1 November 1770, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Antoine was 50 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.

1782 Birth of Child
Joseph-Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY was born 22 May 1782, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Antoine was 62 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Death
13 June 1790
Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 70.

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