Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Born

11 May 1789 , La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

12 June 1867 , Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

Parents & Family of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE.

Parents

Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE Felicite GIRARD

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: 11 May 1789 in La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Mother: Felicite GIRARD

Paternal grandparents: Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE , Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Pierre GIRARD , Marie-Anne VÉZINA

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

Louis married Felicite CLAVEAU 17 September 1811 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Felicite CLAVEAU was born 18 May 1793 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Felicite died 16 March 1825 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Felicite was the child of Joseph CLAVEAU and Reine GAGNON.

Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 12 June 1867 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Louis appear below.

Spouse & Children of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Hide Family & Children

Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married

Felicite CLAVEAU
Marriage date: 17 September 1811
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Felicite CLAVEAU was the child of Joseph CLAVEAU and Reine GAGNON

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite CLAVEAU

Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Born: 23 May 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 November 1867, Chicoutimi, Canada East

Married: Jules VILLENEUVE 17 February 1835 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Born: 22 July 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 11 March 1896, Grandes-Bergeronnes Saguenay Québec, Canada

Married: Adelaide GIRARD 8 April 1845 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Louis's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE.

Hide Life & Records

How to read this timeline
Records about Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Show:

Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.

Birth — 1789
11 May 1789
La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite CLAVEAU 17 September 1811, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 23 May 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 28 years old.

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

1822 Birth of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 22 July 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 33 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Death of Spouse/Partner
Felicite CLAVEAU died 16 March 1825, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage of Child
Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 17 February 1835, La Malbaie, Lower Canada to Jules VILLENEUVE

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)