François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD

(b. 6 April 1735 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 8 January 1790 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD was born 6 April 1735 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD was the child of Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philibert COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Catherine LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES (maternal) Pierre SABOURIN and Madeleine PERRIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François-Marie married Marie-Jeanne PILON 21 October 1754 in Oka, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Jeanne PILON was born 27 October 1734 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Jeanne died 23 February 1818 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Jeanne was the child of Jacques PILON and Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE.

François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD died 8 January 1790 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD married

Marie-Jeanne PILON-- Date: 21 October 1754 Place: Oka, Canada, New France
Marie-Jeanne PILON was the child of Jacques PILON and Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE

Children of François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD and Marie-Jeanne PILON:

Elisabeth LAROCQUE (b.16 October 1768, Oka, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 December 1845, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada East )
m. Joseph POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE 27 November 1797 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1735 Birth
6 April 1735
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD and Marie-Jeanne PILON 21 October 1754, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

He was 19 years old.

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.

1768 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LAROCQUE was born 16 October 1768, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

François-Marie was 33 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.