Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born

Died

16 November 1884 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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, Lower Canada . Françoise died 14 March 1889 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Françoise was the child of François PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Geneviève TESSIER .

Parents & Family of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Parents of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Father

Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Mother

Geneviève LEVERRIER

Grandparents of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Paternal grandparents

Jacques-Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE Catherine-Louise LEROUX

Maternal grandparents

Pierre LEVERRIER Marie-Elisabeth DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Françoise PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY
Marriage date: 6 February 1826
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Françoise PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY was the child of François PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Geneviève TESSIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

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

Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 1 August 1827, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 12 July 1906, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Felix GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 22 August 1829, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 15 February 1830, Sorel, Lower Canada

Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 7 June 1831, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 7 May 1832, Sorel, Lower Canada

Daniel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 27 May 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Anonyme GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 10 September 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 10 September 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 15 October 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 10 June 1890, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Philomene GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Born: 2 June 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 17 February 1843, Sorel, Canada East

Marie LAROCHELLE

Born: 14 June 1842, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 29 April 1843, Sorel, Canada East

Paul GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 26 April 1844, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Felix GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 1 July 1847, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Born: 16 April 1851, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Michel'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 — 1799
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 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.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

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.