Jean-François JOBIN dit BOISVERT

(b. abt. 1661 , France d. 20 March 1737 , Grondines, Canada, New France )

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Jean-François JOBIN dit BOISVERT was born abt. 1661 in France

Jean-François JOBIN dit BOISVERT was the child of ? and ?

Jean-François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1694.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-François married Françoise-Elisabeth RENAUD dite LOCAS 2 May 1694 in Grondines, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Françoise-Elisabeth RENAUD dite LOCAS was born 17 January 1674 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery). Françoise-Elisabeth died 2 March 1743 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines). Françoise-Elisabeth was the child of Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT) and Marie-Françoise DESPORTES.

Jean-François JOBIN dit BOISVERT died 20 March 1737 in Grondines, Canada, New France .

son of Bénigne Jobin and Jeanne Rivos

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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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