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Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 3 January 1751 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was the child of Antoine GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Geneviève SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Françoise GAGNÉ (maternal) François-Noel SIMARD and Usule PARESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Pierre-François TREMBLAY 19 October 1772 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre-François TREMBLAY was born 14 July 1741 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Pierre-François died 1 May 1786 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Pierre-François was the child of Louis-François TREMBLAY and Brigitte FORTIN.
Madeleine married (2) Pierre-Michel SIMARD 31 July 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Michel SIMARD was born 25 September 1757 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Pierre-Michel died 1 June 1836 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Michel was the child of Étienne SIMARD and Barbe DUFOUR.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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