Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

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10 February 1775 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 January 1853 , Sorel, Canada East

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Born: 10 February 1775 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre married Marie-Anne ST MARTIN 12 August 1805 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne ST MARTIN was born 4 June 1787 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Anne died 21 February 1872 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 14 January 1853 in Sorel, Canada East .
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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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Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Marie-Anne ST MARTIN
Marriage date: 12 August 1805
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Born: abt. 1812, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 15 January 1894, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre RAJOTTE 2 August 1831 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1775
10 February 1775
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne ST MARTIN 12 August 1805, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 30 years old.

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