Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

(b. 13 February 1748 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France d. 20 February 1811 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 13 February 1748 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of François GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Madeleine NADON dite LETOURNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Françoise GAGNÉ (maternal) Pierre NADON dit LÉTOURNEAU and Catherine LABELLE

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Joseph married Marie-Anne GRAVEL 23 January 1775 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne GRAVEL was born 15 September 1754 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Anne died 19 August 1821 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph GRAVEL dit BRINEDLIERE and Marie-Anne VANDANDAIGUE.

Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 20 February 1811 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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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Marie-Anne GRAVEL-- Date: 23 January 1775 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne GRAVEL was the child of Joseph GRAVEL dit BRINEDLIERE and Marie-Anne VANDANDAIGUE

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1748 Birth
13 February 1748
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Anne GRAVEL 23 January 1775, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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.