Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD

(b. 14 July 1731 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 27 October 1802 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD was born 14 July 1731 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD was the child of Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philibert COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Catherine LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES (maternal) Pierre SABOURIN and Madeleine PERRIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 6 January 1812 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES and Marguerite LALANDE dite LATREILLE.

Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD died 27 October 1802 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD was a 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

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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Antoine LAROCQUE dit COUILLAUD married

Marie-Anne POIRIER dite DESLOGES-- Date: 5 March 1753 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 (b.19 October 1759, Oka, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1832, Rigaud, Lower Canada )
m. Francois GRONDIN 3 April 1780 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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

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

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.

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, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion) 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)