Marguerite GROSVALET dite VALLOIS

Born

16 January 1731 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

abt. 1775 , Territory of Orleans

Marguerite married Olivier DUBOIS abt. 1765 in France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olivier DUBOIS was born 26 May 1734 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . Olivier died abt. 1780 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France. Olivier was the child of Jean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS and Anne VINCENT .

Parents & Family of Marguerite GROSVALET dite VALLOIS

Parents of Marguerite GROSVALET dite VALLOIS

Father

François GROSVALET

Mother

Angélique MIUS

Grandparents of Marguerite GROSVALET dite VALLOIS

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Joseph MIUS D'ENTREMONT Marie Jeanne AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Marguerite was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite GROSVALET dite VALLOIS

Marguerite GROSVALET dite VALLOIS married

Olivier DUBOIS
Marriage date: abt. 1765
Marriage place: , France
Olivier DUBOIS was the child of Jean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS and Anne VINCENT

Children of Olivier DUBOIS and Marguerite GROSVALET dite VALLOIS

Jacques-Oliver DUBOIS

Born: 17 January 1766, Cherbourg, Manche, France
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1731
16 January 1731
Port Royal, Acadia

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

1766 Birth of Child
Jacques-Oliver DUBOIS was born 17 January 1766, Cherbourg, Manche, France

Marguerite was 35 years old.

1775 - Acadian families on First Convoy to Nantes, France - October 24, 1775

In 1772, the marquis Perusse des Cars gave the Acadians some of his land to farm. But the 1500 Acadians who migrated to the Poitou area found sterile soil and no housing. They had to pay high rent prices in nearby villages. By 1775, the 'La Ligne Acadienne' settlement (as it was called) decided to call it quits... Almost all of the Acadians moved to Nantes, and only 160 were left in the area by the following year. There were 4 convoys to Chatellerault.

In 1775, about 1400 Acadians moved from the failed settlement attempt at Poitou and traveled to the area around Nantes. This would be their home for the next decade. Most of the Acadians left for Louisiana in 1785.

Olivier Dubois, 41, marin
Marguerite Valloir, 37
Pierre Dubois, 19
Jacques Dubois, 10

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