Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

(b. 11 April 1810 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 31 January 1883 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 11 April 1810 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was the child of René GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Catherine-Louise LEROUX (maternal) Antoine ST-MARTIN and Elisabeth LAVALLÉE

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Benjamin married Modeste PELOQUIN 2 August 1831 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Modeste PELOQUIN was born 21 December 1812 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Modeste died 24 September 1900 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Modeste was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT.

Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 31 January 1883 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 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 Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

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Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Modeste PELOQUIN-- Date: 2 August 1831 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Modeste PELOQUIN was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT

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Children of Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Modeste PELOQUIN:

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.18 December 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 1 May 1903, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Simon ST-MARTIN 14 February 1854 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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1810 Birth
11 April 1810
Sorel, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Modeste PELOQUIN 2 August 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 years old.

Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE - 1831 marriage

1831 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 18 December 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Benjamin was 26 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE married 14 February 1854, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Simon ST-MARTIN

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.