Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

(b. 12 August 1751 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1814 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 12 August 1751 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was the child of Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Françoise GOUPIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie MARCEAU (maternal) Antoine GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE and Françoise BOULAY

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

Joseph married Josephe EMOND 3 February 1788 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephe EMOND was born 28 August 1768 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Josephe died 28 March 1837 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Josephe was the child of Pierre EMOND and Therese FRADET.

Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 31 January 1814 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Josephe EMOND-- Date: 3 February 1788 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephe EMOND was the child of Pierre EMOND and Therese FRADET

Children of Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Josephe EMOND:

Joseph LAROCHELLE dit GAUTRON (b.abt. 1792, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 June 1860, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Canada East)
m. Angelique GUAY 13 August 1816 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1751 Birth
12 August 1751
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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 - 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Josephe EMOND 3 February 1788, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 36 years old.

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

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)