Jean Baptiste
BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT
(b.
4 June 1755
,
Forges du St-Maurice, Canada
d.
20 August 1822
,
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada
)
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Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT was born 4 June 1755 in Forges du St-Maurice, Canada
Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT was the child of Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR and Thérèse DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Marie-Angelique PICHÉ (maternal) François DUBOIS and Marie-Anne LAMBERTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean Baptiste married Marie-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX 18 January 1782 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX was born 1 March 1758 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie-Elisabeth died 23 August 1840 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Jacques LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX and Marie-Madeleine ROCHEREAU.
Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT died 20 August 1822 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Jean appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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