Jean-Baptiste
GRIVAULT dit BOISJOLY
(b.
4 June 1665
,
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
d.
,
)
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Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT dit BOISJOLY was born 4 June 1665 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT dit BOISJOLY was the child of ? and ?Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant, arriving by 1686.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie BOUCHARD 18 November 1686 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BOUCHARD was born 20 April 1667 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie was the child of Guillaume BOUCHARD and Françoise BÉNARD.
son of Louis Griveault and Toinette Maynard
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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