Antoine
GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE
(b.
20 March 1726
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
d.
8 March 1799
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
)
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Antoine GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 20 March 1726 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Antoine GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Claude GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Françoise GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Angélique LEFEBVRE (maternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Louise TREMBLAYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Geneviève SIMARD 14 February 1746 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Geneviève SIMARD was born 9 March 1728 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Geneviève died 26 January 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Geneviève was the child of François-Noel SIMARD and Usule PARE.
Antoine GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 8 March 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Antoine appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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