Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY

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28 August 1722 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Died

6 April 1799 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dit BOISJOLY Marie-Madeleine SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN)

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Born: 28 August 1722 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dit BOISJOLY

Mother: Marie-Madeleine SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN)

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT dit BOISJOLY , Marie BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Robert SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN) , Claude (Claudine) Philiberte CHRETIEN

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Louis married Marie-Josephte FORTIN 21 November 1746 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte FORTIN was born 13 June 1727 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France. Marie-Josephte was the child of Marin-Charles FORTIN dit LAFORTUNE and Catherine BARBEAU.

Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY died 6 April 1799 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .
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Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY married

Marie-Josephte FORTIN
Marriage date: 21 November 1746
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte FORTIN was the child of Marin-Charles FORTIN dit LAFORTUNE and Catherine BARBEAU

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Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY

Born: 18 December 1749, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Died: 24 March 1834, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE 28 January 1771 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1722
28 August 1722
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Louis GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Josephte FORTIN 21 November 1746, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 24 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was born 18 December 1749, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Louis was 27 years old.

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

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Brigitte GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY married 28 January 1771, Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada to Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE

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.