Chat | Daily Search | My GenForum | Community Standards | Terms of Service Jump to Forum Home: Surnames: Bouchard Family Genealogy Forum Claude Bouchard dit Dorval Posted by: Janet Manseau (ID *****2030) Date: April 30, 2003 at 17:57:45   of 1133 Why "Dorval" ? Does anyone know what d'Orval meant? There were actually 6 or 7 different Bouchards who came to Canada (New France) in the seventeenth century. Two of them were named "Claude" Bouchard. This Claud was a doctor (a surgeon) who came from Picardy. In order to differentiate the two, the doctor is referred to as "Claude dit d'Orval" and the other as "Le Petit Claude". This latter listed his occupation as tailor (un Taileur d'habits). His "dit' name (nickname) means "The Small Claude". Just curious, Janet Notify Administrator about this message? Followups: Re: Claude Bouchard dit Dorval Dicky 9/04/03 Re: Claude Bouchard dit Dorval Janet Manseau 9/05/03 Re: Claude Bouchard dit Dorval Papito 9/04/03 http://genforum.genealogy.com/bouchard/messages/816.html Search this forum: Find all of the words Find any of the words Search all of GenForum: Proximity matching Link to GenForum Add Forum

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