Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL

Born

11 September 1722 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

7 February 1785 , Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

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Michel BIGOT dit DORVAL Marie-Anne TOUTANT

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Born: 11 September 1722 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Michel BIGOT dit DORVAL

Mother: Marie-Anne TOUTANT

Paternal grandparents: François BIGOT dit LAMOTHE , Marie BOUCHARD dite DORVAL

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas TOUTANT , Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL)

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

Marie-Anne married Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE 30 January 1742 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was born 11 December 1714 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Jacques died 6 August 1789 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Jacques was the child of Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ).

Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL died 7 February 1785 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Spouse & Children of Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL

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Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL married

Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE
Marriage date: 30 January 1742
Marriage place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was the child of Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ)

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Children of Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL

Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 17 June 1743, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Marguerite CASAUBON dite DIDIER 3 February 1776 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Josephe BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 4 November 1746, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 15 February 1821, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph RAINVILLE (DERAINVILLE) 8 April 1766 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Michel-Ignace BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 5 December 1749, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 13 December 1817, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER 8 February 1773 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Charlotte BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 12 January 1752, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 1 July 1836, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph FAFARD dit DELORME 26 February 1770 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 25 May 1753, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 3 February 1810, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Geneviève GÉLINAS dite LACOURSE 24 January 1780 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Marie BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 29 May 1754, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 19 October 1754, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Joseph BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 29 May 1755, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Joseph-Marie BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 24 October 1756, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Amable BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 10 August 1758, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1833, , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Angélique BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 10 August 1758, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 31 January 1760, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada
Died: 1 February 1760, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada

Marie-Anne BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 20 March 1761, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR 12 October 1789 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Amable BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 27 April 1762, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada
Died: abt. 1763, , Québec Province, Canada

Pierre BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born: 30 June 1763, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 July 1763, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1722
11 September 1722
Champlain, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL - Baptism - Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain, QC, Canada

Baptism - Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL and Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE 30 January 1742, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

She was 19 years old.

Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL - 1742 Marriage Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain, QC, Canada

1742 Marriage Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1743 Birth of Child
Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 17 June 1743, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 20 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 4 November 1746, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 24 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Michel-Ignace BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 5 December 1749, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 27 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 12 January 1752, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 29 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 25 May 1753, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 30 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Marie BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 29 May 1754, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 31 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Joseph BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 29 May 1755, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 32 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 24 October 1756, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 34 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Amable BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 10 August 1758, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 35 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 10 August 1758, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 35 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 31 January 1760, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 37 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 20 March 1761, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 38 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Pierre-Amable BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 27 April 1762, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 39 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Pierre BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 30 June 1763, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne was 40 years old.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe BRISSET (BRISSETTE) married 8 April 1766 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Joseph RAINVILLE (DERAINVILLE)

1770 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) married 26 February 1770, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Joseph FAFARD dit DELORME

1773 Marriage of Child
Michel-Ignace BRISSET (BRISSETTE) married 8 February 1773 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) married 3 February 1776, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Marguerite CASAUBON dite DIDIER

1780 Marriage of Child
Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE) married 24 January 1780, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada to Marie-Geneviève GÉLINAS dite LACOURSE

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Death
Marie Anne Bigot, wife of Jacques Brisset
St-Cuthbert
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