Jean-Baptiste LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD

(b. 21 February 1720 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 7 November 1791 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD was born 21 February 1720 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD was the child of Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philibert COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Catherine LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES (maternal) Pierre SABOURIN and Madeleine PERRIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Charlotte SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE 27 January 1744 in Oka, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE was born 5 March 1723 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Charlotte died 5 December 1796 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE and Genevieve BARBEAU dite BOISDORÉ.

Jean-Baptiste LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD died 7 November 1791 in Vaudreuil, 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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Jean-Baptiste LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD married

Marie-Charlotte SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE-- Date: 27 January 1744 Place: Oka, Canada, New France
Marie-Charlotte SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE and Genevieve BARBEAU dite BOISDORÉ

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD and Marie-Charlotte SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE:

Joseph LAROCQUE (b.17 April 1764, Oka, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 July 1815, Rigaud, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte GEORGETEAU dite JOLICOEUR 1787

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1720 Birth
21 February 1720
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD and Marie-Charlotte SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE 27 January 1744, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

He was 23 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Joseph LAROCQUE was born 17 April 1764, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 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.