Jean
GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE
(b.
30 August 1763
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
19 June 1823
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
)
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Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 30 August 1763 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Françoise GAGNÉ (maternal) Jean TREMBLAY and Catherine LAVOIESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Felicite GIRARD 16 January 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Felicite GIRARD was born 14 July 1759 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Felicite died 16 May 1842 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Felicite was the child of Pierre GIRARD and Marie-Anne VÉZINA.
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 19 June 1823 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Jean appear below.
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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