Michel
GRIVEAU dit BOISJOLY
(b.
1 March 1799
,
Lanoraie, Lower Canada
d.
4 December 1855
,
Lanoraie, Canada East
)
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Michel GRIVEAU dit BOISJOLY was born 1 March 1799 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Michel GRIVEAU dit BOISJOLY was the child of Michel GRIVEAU dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Anne PELOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Lambert GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dit BOISJOLY and Thérèse ÉTHIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite DELISLESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel married Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS 10 February 1823 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS was born 29 September 1802 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Alexis GERVAIS and Françoise BOURGAULT dite LACROIX.
Michel GRIVEAU dit BOISJOLY died 4 December 1855 in Lanoraie, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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