Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE

(b. 21 June 1726 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 8 February 1768 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE was born 21 June 1726 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Anne-Jeanne CÉLÉRIER dite DESLAURIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philibert COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Catherine LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

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Louis married Geneviève DECELLES 4 February 1748 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève DECELLES was born 16 July 1722 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Geneviève died 3 August 1799 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Geneviève was the child of Étienne DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Geneviève BREILLARD.

Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE died 8 February 1768 in Varennes, Province of 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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Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE married

Geneviève DECELLES-- Date: 4 February 1748 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
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Geneviève DECELLES was the child of Étienne DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Geneviève BREILLARD

Children of Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Geneviève DECELLES:

Christophe-Louis LAROCQUE (ROCH) (ROQUEBRUNE) (b.20 August 1749, Varennes, Canada, New France d. 29 September 1791, Verchères, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte PROVOST 4 October 1779 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1726 Birth
21 June 1726
Varennes, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Geneviève DECELLES 4 February 1748, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 21 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Christophe-Louis LAROCQUE (ROCH) (ROQUEBRUNE) was born 20 August 1749, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Louis was 23 years old.

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.