Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

(b. 2 August 1731 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1801 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 2 August 1731 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Claude GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Françoise GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Angélique LEFEBVRE (maternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Louise TREMBLAY

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

Ambroise married Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY 29 October 1754 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY was born 11 April 1733 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Elisabeth died 12 December 1805 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Jean TREMBLAY and Catherine LAVOIE.

Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 15 March 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married

Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY-- Date: 29 October 1754 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY was the child of Jean TREMBLAY and Catherine LAVOIE

Children of Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY:

Geneviève GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (b.15 August 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 13 March 1799, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Honore-Timothee-Louis SIMARD 17 January 1774 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise GAUTHIER (b.27 January 1758, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 30 January 1789, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Julienne SIMARD 15 February 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Elisabeth-Justine GAUTHIER (b.1 September 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 23 March 1804, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Henri SIMARD 18 June 1782 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE (b.30 August 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 June 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Felicite GIRARD 16 January 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis GAUTHIER (b.20 August 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 June 1794, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

Claude-Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE (b.15 May 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY 22 November 1791 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Francois GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE (b.7 September 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Suzanne TREMBLAY 27 September 1796 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (b.8 March 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 February 1808, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste FORTIN 8 February 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1731 Birth
2 August 1731
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY 29 October 1754, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 23 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Geneviève GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 15 August 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 24 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Ambroise GAUTHIER was born 27 January 1758, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 26 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth-Justine GAUTHIER was born 1 September 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 29 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 30 August 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 32 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Louis GAUTHIER was born 20 August 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 34 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Claude-Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 15 May 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 36 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Joseph-Francois GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 7 September 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 39 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 8 March 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 41 years old.

1774 Marriage of Child
Geneviève GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 17 January 1774, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Honore-Timothee-Louis SIMARD

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.

1782 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth-Justine GAUTHIER married 18 June 1782, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Louis-Henri SIMARD

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 16 January 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Felicite GIRARD

1789 Death of Child
Ambroise GAUTHIER died 30 January 1789, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 57 years old.

1790 Marriage of Child
Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 8 February 1790, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

1790 Marriage of Child
Ambroise GAUTHIER married 15 February 1790, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Julienne SIMARD

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Claude-Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 22 November 1791, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

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

1794 Death of Child
Louis GAUTHIER died 2 June 1794, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 62 years old.

1796 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Francois GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 27 September 1796, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Suzanne TREMBLAY

1799 Death of Child
Geneviève GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE died 13 March 1799, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 67 years old.

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

1801 Death
15 March 1801
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 69.

Added: 12/3/2015 1:53:11 PM - Updated: 12/4/2023 9:48:46 PM