Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD

(b. 15 February 1707 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 14 May 1781 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD was born 15 February 1707 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Élisabeth PARADIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER (maternal) Guillaume PARADIS and Geneviève MILLOIR

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Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve CRÉPEAU 17 November 1732 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve CRÉPEAU was born 14 July 1708 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Genevieve died 16 November 1761 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Genevieve was the child of Robert CRÉPEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEMELIN.

Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD died 14 May 1781 in Montréal, 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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Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD married

Genevieve CRÉPEAU-- Date: 17 November 1732 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Genevieve CRÉPEAU was the child of Robert CRÉPEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEMELIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD and Genevieve CRÉPEAU:

Marie-Angélique BOUCHARD dite DOVAL (b.25 August 1742, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 30 June 1809, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Thierry FOURNEL 6 July 1772 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1707 Birth
15 February 1707
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1732 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD and Genevieve CRÉPEAU 17 November 1732, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique BOUCHARD dite DOVAL was born 25 August 1742, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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

1761 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve CRÉPEAU died 16 November 1761, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique BOUCHARD dite DOVAL married 6 July 1772, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean-Thierry FOURNEL

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.