Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

(b. 28 September 1817 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 24 October 1880 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 28 September 1817 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was the child of René GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Catherine-Louise LEROUX (maternal) Antoine ST-MARTIN and Elisabeth LAVALLÉE

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

Pierre married Marie PELOQUIN 6 August 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie PELOQUIN was born 24 October 1819 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie died 27 November 1889 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT.

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 24 October 1880 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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Family and Children of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

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Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Marie PELOQUIN-- Date: 6 August 1839 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
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Marie PELOQUIN was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT

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Children of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie PELOQUIN:

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.6 December 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 18 December 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.9 March 1842, Sorel, Canada East d. 10 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East )

Paul GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.9 August 1844, Sorel, Canada East d. 9 March 1923, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.7 October 1847, Sorel, Canada East d. 24 September 1916, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.11 November 1849, Sorel, Canada East d. abt. 1942, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Theotiste GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.21 August 1853, Sorel, Canada East d. 24 June 1927, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada )

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.17 December 1855, Sorel, Canada East d. 27 May 1928, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.16 October 1857, Sorel, Canada East d. 4 February 1927, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Calixte GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (b.31 March 1861, Sorel, Canada East d. 11 March 1946, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Rose-Delima COURNOYER 22 November 1887 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Rose-Anna GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (b.abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1817 Birth
28 September 1817
Sorel, Lower Canada

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 - 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

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie PELOQUIN 6 August 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 years old.

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE - 1839 marriage

1839 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 6 December 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 23 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 9 March 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 24 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Paul GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 9 August 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 26 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 7 October 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1848 Death of Child
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 10 November 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 31 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 11 November 1849, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Theotiste GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 21 August 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Birth of Child
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 17 December 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 38 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 16 October 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 Birth of Child
Calixte GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 31 March 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 43 years old.

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.