Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL

Born

16 August 1716 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

1 January 1795 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL Madeleine GOSSELIN

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Born: 16 August 1716 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL

Mother: Madeleine GOSSELIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean BOUCHARD dit DORVAL , Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel GOSSELIN , Madeleine PICHET

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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, Canada, New France. Marie-Geneviève died 26 April 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of 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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Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL married

Marie-Geneviève COTE
Marriage date: 11 January 1746
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Geneviève COTE was the child of Pierre COTE dit MATHIEU and Geneviève FERLAND

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Marie BOUCHARD dite DORVAL

Born: abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 October 1838, Deschambault, Lower Canada

Married: Ignace GOSSELIN 26 January 1778 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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 — 1716
16 August 1716
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1746 Marriage / Partner
Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marie-Geneviève COTE 11 January 1746, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 29 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.

1775 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Geneviève COTE died 26 April 1775, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Marie BOUCHARD dite DORVAL married 26 January 1778, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada to Ignace GOSSELIN

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

Death — 1795
1 January 1795
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 78.

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