Jean-Baptiste GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY

(b. 17 July 1718 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 24 January 1768 , Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY was born 17 July 1718 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Jean-Baptiste 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

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine GAUTHIER 20 September 1744 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Madeleine GAUTHIER was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Madeleine died 6 October 1790 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine LEMAY.

Jean-Baptiste GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY died 24 January 1768 in Lavaltrie, 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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Madeleine GAUTHIER-- Date: 20 September 1744 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Madeleine GAUTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine LEMAY

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1718 Birth
17 July 1718
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

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

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Madeleine GAUTHIER 20 September 1744, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 26 years old.

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.