Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL

(b. abt. 1626 , France d. , Québec Province, Canada )

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Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was born abt. 1626 in France

Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was the child of ? and ?

Claude was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1650.

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

Claude married Jeanne-Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE) abt. 1650 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France . Jeanne-Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE) was born 26 June 1636 in Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche). Jeanne-Geneviève died 1 March 1651 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jeanne-Geneviève was the child of Thomas HAYOT (AYOTTE) and Marie-Jeanne BOUCHER.

Claude married (2) Marguerite BESNARD 20 November 1651 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marguerite BESNARD was born 22 February 1626 in France. Marguerite died 20 May 1697 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada.

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)

Family and Children of Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL

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Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL married

Jeanne-Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE)-- Date: abt. 1650 Place: Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Jeanne-Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE) was the child of Thomas HAYOT (AYOTTE) and Marie-Jeanne BOUCHER

Children of Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Jeanne-Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE):

Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL married

Marguerite BESNARD-- Date: 20 November 1651 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

NOTRE-DAME-DE-QUEBEC

"ON THE FOLLOWING 5 NOVEMBER, HE HURRIED TO THE HOME OF THE NOTARY AUDOUART IN ORDER TO HAVE HIS MARRIAGE CONTRACT WITH MARGUERITE BESNARD DRAWN UP. SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF CESAR LEGER, AND THE DAUGHTER OF DENIS BESNARD AND MARIE MICHELET. ORIGINALLY FROM PARIS, THE BESNARD FAMILY (FATHER, MOTHER AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN) LIVED A FEW YEARS IN NEW FRANCE, VERY CERTAINLY BETWEEN 1647 AND 1652. THEY WERE THERE FOR MARGUERITE'S TWO MARRIAGES. MARGUERITE AND HER SISTER MARIE, MARRIED FIRST TO PIERRE LEMIEUX AND THEN TO ANTOINE GENTIL, SEEM TO BE THE ONLY ONES OF THIS FAMILY TO HAVE DESCENDANTS IN AMERICA."

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME XIII, PAGE 83

Children of Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marguerite BESNARD:

Jean BOUCHARD dit DORVAL (b.21 November 1652, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France d. 19 November 1703, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER 24 November 1679 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie BOUCHARD dite DORVAL (b.27 October 1654, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France d. 18 June 1717, Champlain, Canada, New France )
m. François BIGOT dit LAMOTHE 26 October 1672 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL (b.10 April 1656, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL (b.abt. 1658, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 March 1724, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Antoinette CHOUART 19 December 1695 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul-Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL (b.27 December 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 10 August 1724, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Madeleine BELANGER 15 February 1694 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marguerite-Ursule BOUCHARD dite DORVAL (b.12 August 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 1 October 1727, Varennes, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre-Jacques GIRARD 4 September 1690 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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'We know that Claude Bouchart d'Orval... is known to us as a master surgeon... The probable arrival of Claude Bouchart in New France was the year 1643.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIII, Pages 78-79

Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL - Title Une paroisse historique de la Nouvelle-France: Notre-Dame de Sainte-Foy. Histoire civile et religieuse d après les sources, Volume 1 Author He

Title Une paroisse historique de la Nouvelle-France: Notre-Dame de Sainte-Foy. Histoire civile et religieuse d' après les sources, Volume 1
Author Henry Arthur Scott
Publisher J.-A.K.-Laflamme, imprimeur, 1902
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Feb 20, 2008
Length 620 pages
Page 299

1651 Marriage / Partner
Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marguerite BESNARD 20 November 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1652 Birth of Child
Jean BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was born 21 November 1652, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1654 Birth of Child
Marie BOUCHARD dite DORVAL was born 27 October 1654, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1656 Birth of Child
Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was born 10 April 1656, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1662 Birth of Child
Paul-Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL was born 27 December 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1665 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Ursule BOUCHARD dite DORVAL was born 12 August 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

'Where and when did the head of the family die? It is a mystery! All that we know is that he was still living when his daughter Marie was married to Francois Bigot, on 24 October 1672, and that he was no longer alive on 21 April 1674.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIII, Page 84

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