Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

(b. 14 March 1749 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1833 , Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada )

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Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 14 March 1749 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Françoise-Regis ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne LEBRUN dite CARRIER (maternal) Jean-François ALLAIRE and Anne LABBE

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Elisabeth married Pierre PELLETIER 29 April 1765 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre PELLETIER was born 17 April 1741 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre died 27 June 1821 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Pierre was the child of Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marie-Charlotte MANDEVILLE.

Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 29 May 1833 in Saint-Hugues, 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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Pierre PELLETIER-- Date: 29 April 1765 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre PELLETIER was the child of Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marie-Charlotte MANDEVILLE

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1749 Birth
14 March 1749
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE and Pierre PELLETIER 29 April 1765, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 16 years old.

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.