Elie GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

(b. 1 August 1813 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 1 April 1882 , Alma, Québec, Canada )

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Elie GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 1 August 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Elie GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Joseph-Francois GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Suzanne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY (maternal) Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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

Elie married Sara FORTIN 1 February 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sara FORTIN was born 17 April 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Sara died 3 December 1894 in Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend). Sara was the child of Georges FORTIN and Agnes GRENON.

Elie GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 1 April 1882 in Alma, 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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Family and Children of Elie GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

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Elie GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married

Sara FORTIN-- Date: 1 February 1842 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Sara FORTIN was the child of Georges FORTIN and Agnes GRENON

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Children of Elie GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Sara FORTIN:

Heloise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (b.13 June 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. 31 July 1926, La Motte, Canada)
m. Henri TREMBLAY 8 October 1872 in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)

Wilfrid LAROUCHE dit GAUTHIER (b.26 April 1867, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East d. , )
m. Amelie TREMBLAY 25 February 1895 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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1813 Birth
1 August 1813
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

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)

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 / Partner
Elie GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Sara FORTIN 1 February 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 28 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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.

1853 Birth of Child
Heloise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 13 June 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Elie was 39 years old.

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.

1867 Birth of Child
Wilfrid LAROUCHE dit GAUTHIER was born 26 April 1867, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Elie was 53 years old.