Jean-Baptiste
DORVAL dit BOUCHARD
(b.
15 February 1707
,
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
d.
14 May 1781
,
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD was born 15 February 1707 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Élisabeth PARADIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER (maternal) Guillaume PARADIS and Geneviève MILLOIRSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve CRÉPEAU 17 November 1732 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve CRÉPEAU was born 14 July 1708 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Genevieve died 16 November 1761 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Genevieve was the child of Robert CRÉPEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEMELIN.
Jean-Baptiste DORVAL dit BOUCHARD died 14 May 1781 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste appear below.
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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