Michel GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Born

16 September 1784 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 November 1857 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East

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Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE Dorothee BOUCHARD

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Michel GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 16 September 1784 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Dorothee BOUCHARD

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Geneviève SIMARD (maternal) Michel BOUCHARD and Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

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Michel married Marie TREMBLAY 17 January 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie TREMBLAY was born 5 August 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie died 28 October 1884 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Jacques-Vincent-Athanase TREMBLAY and Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST.

Michel GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 18 November 1857 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, 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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Family and Children of Michel GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

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Michel GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married

Marie TREMBLAY-- Date: 17 January 1815 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie TREMBLAY was the child of Jacques-Vincent-Athanase TREMBLAY and Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST

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Children of Michel GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie TREMBLAY

Ferdinand GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE (b.11 February 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 25 April 1900, Alma, Québec, Canada )
m. Julienne COTE 5 February 1839 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Adelaide GAUTHIER (b.4 September 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 17 June 1887, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Arcade SAULNIER 3 September 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Calixte GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (b.30 January 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )

Vildebond (Vilbon) GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE (b.20 July 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 4 March 1902, La Baie, Québec, Canada )

Eugenie GAUTHIER (b.30 July 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 18 September 1859, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East)

Michel GAUTHIER (b.13 November 1830, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 16 September 1902, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)

Onesime GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE (b.2 December 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 16 June 1886, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)

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1784 Birth
16 September 1784
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Michel GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie TREMBLAY 17 January 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 30 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Ferdinand GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 11 February 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Michel was 31 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Adelaide GAUTHIER was born 4 September 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Michel was 32 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Calixte GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 30 January 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Michel was 34 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Vildebond (Vilbon) GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 20 July 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Michel was 35 years old.

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

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Eugenie GAUTHIER was born 30 July 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Michel was 42 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Michel GAUTHIER was born 13 November 1830, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Michel was 46 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Onesime GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 2 December 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Michel was 50 years old.

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Ferdinand GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 5 February 1839, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Julienne COTE

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Adelaide GAUTHIER married 3 September 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Arcade SAULNIER

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.