Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY

(b. 4 April 1734 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1770 , Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY was born 4 April 1734 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Madeleine SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie BOUCHARD (maternal) Robert SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN) and Claude (Claudine) Philiberte CHRETIEN

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Thérèse married Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR 12 October 1752 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR was born abt. 1730 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 6 December 1780 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR and Angélique CADIEUX.

Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY died 4 March 1770 in Lavaltrie, 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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Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY married

Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR-- Date: 12 October 1752 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR and Angélique CADIEUX

Children of Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR and Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY:

Jean-Jacques COUSSY dit LAFLEUR (b.24 November 1753, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Reine FUSEAU dite ROCH 11 September 1780 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1734 Birth
4 April 1734
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY and Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR 12 October 1752, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

She was 18 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Jean-Jacques COUSSY dit LAFLEUR was born 24 November 1753, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Thérèse was 19 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.