Mathurin BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE

(b. 16 November 1708 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 30 March 1777 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Mathurin BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE was born 16 November 1708 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Mathurin BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE was the child of Amable BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE and Marie LAFOND and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LAFOND and Catherine SENECAL

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

Mathurin married Marie-Charlotte LEMOINE 5 June 1739 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Charlotte LEMOINE was born 18 October 1716 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Charlotte died 20 May 1755 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Jacques LEMOINE and Marie-Angélique GUILLET.

Mathurin BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE died 30 March 1777 in Verchères, 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 Mathurin BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE

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Mathurin BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE married

Marie-Charlotte LEMOINE-- Date: 5 June 1739 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Marie-Charlotte LEMOINE was the child of Jacques LEMOINE and Marie-Angélique GUILLET

Children of Mathurin BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE and Marie-Charlotte LEMOINE:

Charlotte BREILLARD (BREARD) dite LAROCHE (b.abt. 1740, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. François MONGEAU 16 May 1763 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Josephe BREILLARD (BREARD) dite LAROCHE (b.9 June 1751, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1790, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis GIRARD 23 January 1769 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1708 Birth
16 November 1708
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE and Marie-Charlotte LEMOINE 5 June 1739, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 30 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Josephe BREILLARD (BREARD) dite LAROCHE was born 9 June 1751, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Mathurin was 42 years old.

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

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Charlotte LEMOINE died 20 May 1755, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Charlotte BREILLARD (BREARD) dite LAROCHE married 16 May 1763, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to François MONGEAU

1769 Marriage of Child
Josephe BREILLARD (BREARD) dite LAROCHE married 23 January 1769, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Louis GIRARD

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.