Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

(b. 7 September 1723 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 10 April 1793 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 7 September 1723 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Claude GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Françoise GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Angélique LEFEBVRE (maternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Louise TREMBLAY

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Louis married Felicite PERRON 11 October 1747 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Felicite PERRON was born 9 October 1726 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Felicite died 10 February 1797 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Felicite was the child of Jean PERRON and Agathe SIMARD.

Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 10 April 1793 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower 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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Family and Children of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

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Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married

Felicite PERRON-- Date: 11 October 1747 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Felicite PERRON was the child of Jean PERRON and Agathe SIMARD

Children of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite PERRON:

Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE (b.31 August 1748, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 8 October 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne DIONNE 13 November 1769 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)
m. Marie-Basilisse HUDON dite BEAULIEU 27 July 1778 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE (b.11 August 1750, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 4 December 1804, Montréal, Lower Canada )

Josephte GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (b.23 April 1752, Québec, Canada, New France d. 13 August 1812, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada)

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1723 Birth
7 September 1723
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite PERRON 11 October 1747, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 24 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 31 August 1748, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis was 25 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 11 August 1750, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis was 26 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Josephte GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 23 April 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis was 28 years old.

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

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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 13 November 1769, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marie-Anne DIONNE

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 27 July 1778, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marie-Basilisse HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada