Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD

Born

14 July 1731 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

27 October 1802 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

Antoine married Marie-Anne POIRIER dite DESLOGES 5 March 1753 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne POIRIER dite DESLOGES was born 2 June 1735 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France. Marie-Anne died 6 January 1812 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES and Marguerite LALANDE dite LATREILLE .

Parents & Family of Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD

Parents of Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD

Father

Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE

Mother

Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN

Grandparents of Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD

Paternal grandparents

Philibert COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE Catherine LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Maternal grandparents

Pierre SABOURIN Madeleine PERRIER

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD

Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD married

Marie-Anne POIRIER dite DESLOGES
Marriage date: 5 March 1753
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne POIRIER dite DESLOGES was the child of Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES and Marguerite LALANDE dite LATREILLE

Children of Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD and Marie-Anne POIRIER dite DESLOGES

Marie-Anne LAROCQUE dite COUILLAUD ROQUEBRUNE

Born: 19 October 1759, Oka, Canada, New France
Died: 2 January 1832, Rigaud, Lower Canada

Married: Francois GRONDIN 3 April 1780 Place: Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Antoine's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1731
14 July 1731
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD and Marie-Anne POIRIER dite DESLOGES 5 March 1753, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LAROCQUE dite COUILLAUD ROQUEBRUNE was born 19 October 1759, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Antoine was 28 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LAROCQUE dite COUILLAUD ROQUEBRUNE married 3 April 1780, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada to Francois GRONDIN

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)