Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY

(b. 18 December 1749 , Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 24 March 1834 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was born 18 December 1749 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was the child of Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Josephte FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Madeleine SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN) (maternal) Marin-Charles FORTIN dit LAFORTUNE and Catherine BARBEAU

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Marie-Brigitte married Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE 28 January 1771 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE was born 17 January 1742 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Antoine was the child of Joseph-Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Anne PERRAULT.

Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY died 24 March 1834 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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Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY married

Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE-- Date: 28 January 1771 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE was the child of Joseph-Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Anne PERRAULT

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1749 Birth
18 December 1749
Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

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 / Partner
Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY and Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE 28 January 1771, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 21 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.