Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT

(b. 13 June 1812 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada d. 6 November 1890 , St-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Joliette, Québec, Canada )

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Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT was born 13 June 1812 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT was the child of Francois GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Josephte BOURDON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine-Toussaint GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Genevieve HARNOIS (maternal) Francois-Marc BOURDON and Gertrude DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Edouard married Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY 30 October 1832 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was born abt. 1812 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 20 June 1859 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Angelique MENARD.

Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT died 6 November 1890 in St-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Joliette, Québec, Canada.
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Occupation

Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT married

Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY-- Date: 30 October 1832 Place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was the child of Joseph-Antoine GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Angelique MENARD

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Children of Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT and Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY:

Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT (b.8 August 1834, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Zoe PRUDHOMME (PRUD'HOMME) 13 February 1855 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1812 Birth
13 June 1812
Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT and Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY 30 October 1832, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 20 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT was born 8 August 1834, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Edouard was 22 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Edouard BOISJOLY dit GRIVEAULT married 13 February 1855, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Zoe PRUDHOMME (PRUD'HOMME)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY died 20 June 1859, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.