Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit GERVAIS

(b. abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 November 1831 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit GERVAIS was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit GERVAIS was the child of Gervais-Marie RIVARD dit PRÉVILLE and Marie-Anne LOISEAU dite FRANCOEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean RIVARD dit PRÉVILLE and Geneviève TROTTIER (maternal) Pierre LOISEAU dit FRANCOEUR and Marie HUS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe LAUZE 4 February 1771 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephe LAUZE was born 25 August 1753 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Josephe died 26 June 1840 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Pierre LOSE (LAUZÉ) and Marie-Josephe THOMAS.

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit GERVAIS died 26 November 1831 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.
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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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