Antoine-Toussaint
GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY
(b.
16 October 1745
,
Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
d.
25 April 1832
,
Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
)
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Antoine-Toussaint GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY was born 16 October 1745 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Antoine-Toussaint GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY was the child of Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Agathe LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Madeleine SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angélique LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine-Toussaint married Genevieve HARNOIS 10 October 1768 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Genevieve HARNOIS was born 19 October 1751 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Genevieve died 9 March 1791 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François HARNOIS and Geneviève-Catherine DALPÉ dite PARISEAU.
Antoine-Toussaint GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY died 25 April 1832 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .
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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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