Charles
BOUCHARD dit DORVAL
(b.
16 August 1716
,
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
d.
1 January 1795
,
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
)
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Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was born 16 August 1716 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was the child of Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Madeleine GOSSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER (maternal) Gabriel GOSSELIN and Madeleine PICHETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charles married Marie-Geneviève COTE 11 January 1746 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève COTE was born 13 September 1722 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 26 April 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève was the child of Pierre COTE dit MATHIEU and Geneviève FERLAND.
Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL died 1 January 1795 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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