Louis
GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE
(b.
21 August 1748
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
d.
5 July 1830
,
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
)
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Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 21 August 1748 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Antoine GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Geneviève SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Françoise GAGNÉ (maternal) François-Noel SIMARD and Usule PARESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Dorothee BOUCHARD 24 November 1776 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Dorothee BOUCHARD was born 8 May 1755 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Dorothee died 15 February 1839 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Dorothee was the child of Michel BOUCHARD and Marie-Louise TREMBLAY.
Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 5 July 1830 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada.
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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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