Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

(b. 25 July 1731 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1771 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 25 July 1731 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite 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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Marie-Catherine married Jean-Baptiste LECLERC 20 January 1749 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was born 11 February 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 8 February 1814 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre LECLERC and Marie-Josephe MIMAUX (MIMEAU).

Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 1 April 1771 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, 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 LECLERC-- Date: 20 January 1749 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was the child of Pierre LECLERC and Marie-Josephe MIMAUX (MIMEAU)

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1731 Birth
25 July 1731
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE and Jean-Baptiste LECLERC 20 January 1749, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

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.