Thomas GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

(b. 7 April 1777 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 February 1869 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Thomas GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 7 April 1777 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Thomas GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was the child of Jacques-Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Catherine-Louise LEROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Françoise-Regis ALLAIRE (maternal) Pierre-Louis LEROUX and Catherine-Claude BIGNON

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

Thomas married Marie ALLARD 1 August 1803 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie ALLARD was born 28 April 1783 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie died 8 October 1857 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie was the child of Pierre ALLARD and Félicité COMEAU.

Thomas GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 11 February 1869 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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Thomas GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Marie ALLARD-- Date: 1 August 1803 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie ALLARD was the child of Pierre ALLARD and Félicité COMEAU

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Children of Thomas GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie ALLARD:

Marie-Felicite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.7 May 1805, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 26 March 1888, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)
m. Georges HUS LEMOINE 3 June 1823 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Dominique GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.13 January 1813, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 29 June 1900, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Emelie COURNOYER 2 July 1833 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Timothee GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.20 June 1817, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

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1777 Birth
7 April 1777
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1803 Marriage / Partner
Thomas GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie ALLARD 1 August 1803, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 7 May 1805, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Thomas was 28 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Dominique GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 13 January 1813, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Thomas was 35 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Timothee GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 20 June 1817, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Thomas was 40 years old.

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

1823 Marriage of Child
Marie-Felicite GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE married 3 June 1823, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Georges HUS LEMOINE

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage of Child
Dominique GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married 2 July 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Emelie COURNOYER

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

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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

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.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie ALLARD died 8 October 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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.