Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY

(b. 28 August 1722 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1799 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

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Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY was born 28 August 1722 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Louis 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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Louis married Marie-Josephte FORTIN 21 November 1746 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte FORTIN was born 13 June 1727 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Marin-Charles FORTIN dit LAFORTUNE and Catherine BARBEAU.

Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY died 6 April 1799 in Lavaltrie, Lower 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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Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY married

Marie-Josephte FORTIN-- Date: 21 November 1746 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte FORTIN was the child of Marin-Charles FORTIN dit LAFORTUNE and Catherine BARBEAU

Children of Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Josephte FORTIN:

Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY (b.18 December 1749, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 24 March 1834, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE 28 January 1771 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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1722 Birth
28 August 1722
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Josephte FORTIN 21 November 1746, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 24 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was born 18 December 1749, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Louis was 27 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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY married 28 January 1771, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE

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.