Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL

(b. 10 November 1680 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1749 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France )

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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was born 10 November 1680 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was the child of Jean BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marguerite BESNARD (maternal) Zacharie CLOUTIER (CLOUSTIER) and Madeleine-Barbe AYMARD (EMARD)

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Jean-Baptiste married Élisabeth PARADIS 3 November 1705 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Élisabeth PARADIS was born 24 August 1686 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Élisabeth was the child of Guillaume PARADIS and Geneviève MILLOIR.

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL died 13 December 1749 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France.
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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 Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL

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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL married

Élisabeth PARADIS-- Date: 3 November 1705 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Élisabeth PARADIS was the child of Guillaume PARADIS and Geneviève MILLOIR

Children:

Jean-Baptiste Dorval Bouchard 1707-1781
Pierre Dorval Bouchard 1716-
Marie-Rose Bouchard Dorval 1723-

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Élisabeth PARADIS:

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 )
m. Genevieve CRÉPEAU 17 November 1732 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre DORVAL dit BOUCHARD (b.17 July 1716, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Cécile RATTÉ 18 November 1737 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1680 Birth
10 November 1680
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1705 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Élisabeth PARADIS 3 November 1705, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD was born 15 February 1707, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Pierre DORVAL dit BOUCHARD was born 17 July 1716, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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

1732 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD married 17 November 1732, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Genevieve CRÉPEAU

1737 Marriage of Child
Pierre DORVAL dit BOUCHARD married 18 November 1737, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Cécile RATTÉ