Benjamin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Born

21 October 1796 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

31 October 1865 , Saint-Césaire, Canada East

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Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY

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Born: 21 October 1796 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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Benjamin married Emerentienne BOUCHARD 17 November 1817 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada . Emerentienne BOUCHARD was born 23 January 1799 in Anse-à-Pelletier, Quebec, Canada. Emerentienne died 21 March 1871 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Emerentienne was the child of Joseph BOUCHARD and Emerentienne TREMBLAY.

Benjamin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 31 October 1865 in Saint-Césaire, 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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Emerentienne BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 17 November 1817
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Emerentienne BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph BOUCHARD and Emerentienne TREMBLAY

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Birth — 1796
21 October 1796
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

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Benjamin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Emerentienne BOUCHARD 17 November 1817, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 21 years old.

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