Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH

(b. abt. 1738 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 April 1820 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada

Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH was the child of Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN and the grandchild of: (maternal) André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD

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

Mathurin-Joseph married Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU) 3 October 1763 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU) was born 19 November 1744 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Josephte died 20 October 1798 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Josephte was the child of Étienne COUTU (COTTU) and Marguerite COULON dite MABRIAN.

Mathurin-Joseph married (2) Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE 11 January 1802 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE was born abt. 1768 Marguerite died 6 June 1817 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier).

Mathurin-Joseph married (3) Françoise TRUDEL 7 February 1820 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . Françoise TRUDEL was born 4 March 1776 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Françoise died 1 July 1832 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Françoise was the child of Nicolas TRUDEL and Françoise HOUDE.

Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH died 7 April 1820 in Berthierville, Lower 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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Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH married

Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU)-- Date: 3 October 1763 Place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU) was the child of Étienne COUTU (COTTU) and Marguerite COULON dite MABRIAN

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Children of Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU):

Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.2 October 1764, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 September 1777, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.12 March 1766, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 July 1780, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie-Josephe FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.6 April 1767, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 November 1770, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie-Louise FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.4 September 1768, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 October 1768, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Bernard FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.14 October 1769, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.13 February 1772, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 August 1772, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Félicité FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.8 June 1773, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 November 1805, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Marguerite FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.4 February 1775, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 May 1806, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Joseph-Marie FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.24 December 1776, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 September 1777, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Joseph-Sulpice FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.18 September 1778, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 February 1838, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.23 June 1780, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 July 1780, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie-Josephe FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.30 November 1781, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 August 1783, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Francois-De-Sales FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.27 May 1784, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 March 1838, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Jean-Basile FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.29 May 1786, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 June 1786, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

Madeleine FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.26 April 1788, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Charles-Emmanuel ROCH (b.17 September 1789, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 December 1846, Berthierville, Canada East )
m. Henriette GUIMOND 16 November 1830 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH married

Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE-- Date: 11 January 1802 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Children of Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE:

Marie-Josephte FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.3 March 1802, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 16 April 1802, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.16 February 1803, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 27 December 1881, Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada)

Euphresine FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.3 February 1804, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 7 June 1804, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Julie FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.4 May 1805, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. , )

Pierre FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.6 August 1806, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. , )

Sophie FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.27 December 1807, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 7 March 1810, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

François-Xavier ROCH (b.26 February 1809, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 25 February 1868, Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada)

Maxime FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.8 April 1811, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 16 November 1811, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Genevieve FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.27 March 1812, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 11 November 1812, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Isidore FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.18 June 1813, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. , )

Maxime FUSEAU dit ROCH (b.18 June 1814, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 25 May 1815, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Marie-Emilie FUSEAU dite ROCH (b.20 April 1816, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 10 December 1843, Berthierville, Canada East )

Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH married

Françoise TRUDEL-- Date: 7 February 1820 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Françoise TRUDEL was the child of Nicolas TRUDEL and Françoise HOUDE

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Children of Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH and Françoise TRUDEL:

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

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU) 3 October 1763, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

1764 Birth of Child
Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 2 October 1764, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1766 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 12 March 1766, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 6 April 1767, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 4 September 1768, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1769 Birth of Child
Bernard FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 14 October 1769, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1770 Death of Child
Marie-Josephe FUSEAU dite ROCH died 12 November 1770, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1772 Birth of Child
Marie FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 13 February 1772, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1773 Birth of Child
Félicité FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 8 June 1773, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1775 Birth of Child
Marguerite FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 4 February 1775, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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.

1776 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 24 December 1776, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

1777 Death of Child
Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH died 8 September 1777, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1777 Death of Child
Joseph-Marie FUSEAU dit ROCH died 8 September 1777, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1778 Birth of Child
Joseph-Sulpice FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 18 September 1778, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1780 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 23 June 1780, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1780 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH died 3 July 1780, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1781 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 30 November 1781, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1783 Death of Child
Marie-Josephe FUSEAU dite ROCH died 29 August 1783, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Francois-De-Sales FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 27 May 1784, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1786 Birth of Child
Jean-Basile FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 29 May 1786, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1788 Birth of Child
Madeleine FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 26 April 1788, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1789 Birth of Child
Charles-Emmanuel ROCH was born 17 September 1789, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1798 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU) died 20 October 1798, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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

1802 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE 11 January 1802 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1802 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 3 March 1802, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1803 Birth of Child
Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 16 February 1803, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1804 Birth of Child
Euphresine FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 3 February 1804, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1805 Birth of Child
Julie FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 4 May 1805, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1805 Death of Child
Félicité FUSEAU dite ROCH died 25 November 1805, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1806 Death of Child
Marguerite FUSEAU dite ROCH died 15 May 1806, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1806 Birth of Child
Pierre FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 6 August 1806, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1807 Birth of Child
Sophie FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 27 December 1807, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1809 Birth of Child
François-Xavier ROCH was born 26 February 1809, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1810 Death of Child
Sophie FUSEAU dite ROCH died 7 March 1810, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1811 Birth of Child
Maxime FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 8 April 1811, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

1812 Birth of Child
Genevieve FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 27 March 1812, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1813 Birth of Child
Isidore FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 18 June 1813, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1814 Birth of Child
Maxime FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 18 June 1814, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1815 Death of Child
Maxime FUSEAU dit ROCH died 25 May 1815, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1816 Birth of Child
Marie-Emilie FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 20 April 1816, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE died 6 June 1817, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH and Françoise TRUDEL 7 February 1820, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

1820 Death
7 April 1820
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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