Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX

(b. 4 April 1727 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 12 February 1782 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was born 4 April 1727 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was the child of Seraphin BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Angélique BRUNET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Marthe GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN (maternal) Jean BRUNET dit LASABLONNIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine RICHAUME

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Bonaventure married Angelique VARIN dite LAPISTOLE 11 January 1751 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique VARIN dite LAPISTOLE was born 5 May 1724 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Angelique died 22 November 1805 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Angelique was the child of Nicolas VARIN dit LAPISTOLE and Angélique DEMERS (DUMAIS).

Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX died 12 February 1782 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX married

Angelique VARIN dite LAPISTOLE-- Date: 11 January 1751 Place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Angelique VARIN dite LAPISTOLE was the child of Nicolas VARIN dit LAPISTOLE and Angélique DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Children of Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Angelique VARIN dite LAPISTOLE:

Rene-Pierre LACROIX dit BOURGAULT (b.6 September 1758, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 6 October 1821, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe MARCOUX 3 April 1780 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1727 Birth
4 April 1727
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Angelique VARIN dite LAPISTOLE 11 January 1751, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 23 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Rene-Pierre LACROIX dit BOURGAULT was born 6 September 1758, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Bonaventure was 31 years old.

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.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Rene-Pierre LACROIX dit BOURGAULT married 3 April 1780, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Josephe MARCOUX