Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

(b. 8 March 1773 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 February 1808 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 8 March 1773 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Thérèse GAUTHIER dite 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 LAVOIE

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Thérèse married Jean-Baptiste FORTIN 8 February 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was born 18 February 1766 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean-Baptiste died 2 May 1832 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD.

Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE died 13 February 1808 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Family and Children of Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

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Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN-- Date: 8 February 1790 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE:

Thérèse FORTIN (b.abt. 1797, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 May 1854, Napierville, Canada East )
m. Jean-Marie GUAY 31 August 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie FORTIN (b.17 May 1798, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 1 May 1876, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Etienne DESBIENS 26 April 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Olive FORTIN (b.23 October 1801, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 15 June 1871, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Hippolyte GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 13 February 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1773 Birth
8 March 1773
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE and Jean-Baptiste FORTIN 8 February 1790, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 16 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Marie FORTIN was born 17 May 1798, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thérèse was 25 years old.

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

1801 Birth of Child
Olive FORTIN was born 23 October 1801, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thérèse was 28 years old.