Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

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16 June 1802 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

8 February 1877 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY

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Born: 16 June 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Mother: Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Antoine GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE , Geneviève SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Charles TREMBLAY , Felicite DUCHESNE

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Eugene-Eucher married Marguerite POTVIN 27 November 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite POTVIN was born 25 February 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite died 26 November 1880 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD.

Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 8 February 1877 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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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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Marguerite POTVIN
Marriage date: 27 November 1821
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marguerite POTVIN was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD

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Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Born: 23 September 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 2 December 1911, Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Octave BOUCHARD 18 October 1842 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Born: 28 November 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Damase BOUCHARD 24 July 1844 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Born: 22 May 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 12 June 1908, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

Married: Olympe LEMIEUX 30 January 1849 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1802
16 June 1802
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN 27 November 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 19 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 23 September 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Eugene-Eucher was 20 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 28 November 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Eugene-Eucher was 21 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 22 May 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Eugene-Eucher was 23 years old.

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

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 18 October 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Octave BOUCHARD

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
Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 24 July 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Damase BOUCHARD

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 30 January 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Olympe LEMIEUX

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

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

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.