Jean
GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE
(b.
24 July 1826
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
d.
31 March 1923
,
Delisle, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada
)
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Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 24 July 1826 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Julienne FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite GIRARD (maternal) Louis-Marie FORTIN and Victoire BOIVINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Domithilde GAGNON 2 May 1848 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Domithilde GAGNON was born 31 March 1831 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Domithilde died 3 October 1871 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Domithilde was the child of Louis GAGNON and Marie-Josephe PERRON.
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 31 March 1923 in Delisle, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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