Louis-Charles GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

(b. 6 November 1752 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 19 August 1834 , Saint-Jude, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Charles GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 6 November 1752 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Louis-Charles GAUTRON dit 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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Louis-Charles married Marie-Josephe LETENDRE 16 November 1778 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephe LETENDRE was born 17 November 1760 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Josephe died 3 July 1849 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Antoine LETENDRE and Marie-Josephte HUS PAUL.

Louis-Charles GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 19 August 1834 in Saint-Jude, 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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Marie-Josephe LETENDRE-- Date: 16 November 1778 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe LETENDRE was the child of Antoine LETENDRE and Marie-Josephte HUS PAUL

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1752 Birth
6 November 1752
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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Charles GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Josephe LETENDRE 16 November 1778, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

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)