Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT

Born

abt. 1725 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

9 October 1787 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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François DENEVERS dit BOISVERT Marie-Madeleine PICHÉ

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Born: abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François DENEVERS dit BOISVERT

Mother: Marie-Madeleine PICHÉ

Paternal grandparents: Étienne DENEVERS dit BRANTIGNY , Marie-Jeanne LEMAY

Maternal grandparents: Pierre PICHÉ dit DUPRÉ , Anne-Françoise SYLVESTRE

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Joseph married Catherine GRONDIN 16 November 1750 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Catherine GRONDIN was born 22 June 1737 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Catherine died 12 October 1816 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Catherine was the child of Jean GRONDIN and Marie-Geneviève OUELLET.

Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT died 9 October 1787 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, 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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Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT married

Catherine GRONDIN
Marriage date: 16 November 1750
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Catherine GRONDIN was the child of Jean GRONDIN and Marie-Geneviève OUELLET

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Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Catherine GRONDIN 16 November 1750, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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 - 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.