Jean-Baptiste GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

(b. 2 February 1727 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1792 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 2 February 1727 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was the child of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne LEBRUN dite CARRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (maternal) Noël LEBRUN dit CARRIER and Anne BROCHU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Agathe MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 13 February 1747 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . Marie-Agathe MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was born 24 February 1730 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Agathe died 12 January 1755 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Agathe was the child of Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Anne CLOUTIER.

Jean-Baptiste GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 14 April 1792 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Jean-Baptiste GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Marie-Agathe MORISSET (MORISSETTE)-- Date: 13 February 1747 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Agathe MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was the child of Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Anne CLOUTIER

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1727 Birth
2 February 1727
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Agathe MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 13 February 1747, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Agathe MORISSET (MORISSETTE) died 12 January 1755, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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.