Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

(b. 18 December 1836 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 1 May 1903 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 18 December 1836 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Modeste PELOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) René GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN (maternal) Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT

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

Marie married Simon ST-MARTIN 14 February 1854 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Simon ST-MARTIN was born 7 November 1829 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Simon died 3 December 1886 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Simon was the child of Antoine ST-MARTIN and Therese ETHIER.

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 1 May 1903 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .

married Simon St-Martin 14 Feb 1854 in Ste-Victoire de Sorel, Quebec, 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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Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE married

Simon ST-MARTIN-- Date: 14 February 1854 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Simon ST-MARTIN was the child of Antoine ST-MARTIN and Therese ETHIER

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Children of Simon ST-MARTIN and Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE:

Simon ST-MARTIN (b.10 August 1857, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East d. 5 March 1886, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Edwidge PELOQUIN 6 February 1877 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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1836 Birth
18 December 1836
Sorel, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE and Simon ST-MARTIN 14 February 1854, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

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

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

1857 Birth of Child
Simon ST-MARTIN was born 10 August 1857, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie was 20 years old.

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.