Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

(b. 12 August 1716 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 1 January 1779 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was born 12 August 1716 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Anne TESSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Jeanne BEAUCHAMP (maternal) Laurent TESSIER dit DUCHATEAU and Anne LEMIRE

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

Laurent married Marie-Josephe WILLIAM dite THOMAS 21 November 1740 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe WILLIAM dite THOMAS was born 17 May 1717 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Josephe died 14 January 1746 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph THOMAS OUILEM and Angélique VERONNEAU.

Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN died 1 January 1779 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, 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 Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

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Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN married

Marie-Josephe WILLIAM dite THOMAS-- Date: 21 November 1740 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe WILLIAM dite THOMAS was the child of Joseph THOMAS OUILEM and Angélique VERONNEAU

Children of Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Josephe WILLIAM dite THOMAS:

Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN (b.22 April 1743, Chambly, Canada, New France d. 4 May 1822, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Olas BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS 4 November 1760 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1716 Birth
12 August 1716
Montréal, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Josephe WILLIAM dite THOMAS 21 November 1740, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 24 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was born 22 April 1743, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Laurent was 26 years old.

1746 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe WILLIAM dite THOMAS died 14 January 1746, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN married 4 November 1760, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Pierre-Olas BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS

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 - 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.