Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

(b. 5 June 1799 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 16 November 1884 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 5 June 1799 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was the child of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Geneviève LEVERRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Catherine-Louise LEROUX (maternal) Pierre LEVERRIER and Marie-Elisabeth DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS

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

Michel married Françoise PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY 6 February 1826 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Françoise PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY was born 23 April 1808 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Françoise died 14 March 1889 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Françoise was the child of François PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Geneviève TESSIER.

Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 16 November 1884 in Sorel, 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 Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

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Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Françoise PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY-- Date: 6 February 1826 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Françoise PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY was the child of François PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Geneviève TESSIER

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Children of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Françoise PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY:

Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.1 August 1827, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 12 July 1906, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Felix GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.22 August 1829, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 15 February 1830, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.7 June 1831, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 7 May 1832, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Daniel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.27 May 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Anonyme GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.10 September 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 10 September 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.15 October 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 10 June 1890, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Philomene GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.2 June 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1843, Sorel, Canada East )

Marie LAROCHELLE (b.14 June 1842, Sorel, Canada East d. 29 April 1843, Sorel, Canada East )

Paul GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.26 April 1844, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Felix GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.1 July 1847, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.16 April 1851, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

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1799 Birth
5 June 1799
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Françoise PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY 6 February 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 1 August 1827, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 28 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Felix GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 22 August 1829, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 30 years old.

1830 Death of Child
Felix GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 15 February 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 30 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 7 June 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 32 years old.

1832 Death of Child
Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 7 May 1832, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 32 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Daniel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 27 May 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 33 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Anonyme GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 10 September 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 36 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 15 October 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 37 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Philomene GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 2 June 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 40 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie LAROCHELLE was born 14 June 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 43 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)

1843 Death of Child
Philomene GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 17 February 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 43 years old.

1843 Death of Child
Marie LAROCHELLE died 29 April 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 43 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Paul GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 26 April 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 44 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Felix GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 1 July 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 48 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Birth of Child
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 16 April 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 51 years old.

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.