Mathurin
FUSEAU dit ROCH
(b.
abt. 1704
,
Saint-Pierre-de-Cerizay, Poitiers, France
d.
16 August 1779
,
Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH was born abt. 1704 in Saint-Pierre-de-Cerizay, Poitiers, France
Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH was the child of ? and ?Mathurin was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1736.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Mathurin married Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN 23 January 1736 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 5 March 1717 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise died 15 January 1791 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Françoise was the child of André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD.
Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH died 16 August 1779 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada .
Child of Mathurin Fuseau Roch and Marie Soulard
Details of the family tree of Mathurin appear below.
Occupation
Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH was a faux sauniers (salt smuggler) deported to Nouvelle-France after 1730.
Historically, a saunier, or salt manufacturer, harvested salt in salt marshes. In New France, however, a saunier was a salt merchant. Because of the high taxes levied on salt in France, especially the gabelle, salt merchants faced intense competition from faux-sauniers, traders dealing in contraband. These traffickers traded in salt without paying the tax.
Hundreds of convicted salt traffickers in France were deported to the colony of New France in the 18th century to work as labourers. It's a little known fact that these salt smugglers made a significant contribution to the settlement of Canada.
Source: tfcq.ca
The Salty Tales of 18th Century New France: Life as a Saunier
Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH was a faux sauniers (salt smuggler) deported to Nouvelle-France after 1730.
Historically, a saunier, or salt manufacturer, harvested salt in salt marshes. In New France, however, a saunier was a salt merchant. Because of the high taxes levied on salt in France, especially the gabelle, salt merchants faced intense competition from faux-sauniers, traders dealing in contraband. These traffickers traded in salt without paying the tax.
Hundreds of convicted salt traffickers in France were deported to the colony of New France in the 18th century to work as labourers. It's a little known fact that these salt smugglers made a significant contribution to the settlement of Canada.
Source: tfcq.ca
The Salty Tales of 18th Century New France: Life as a Saunier
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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