Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born

28 September 1817 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

24 October 1880 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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, Lower Canada . Marie died 27 November 1889 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Marie was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT .

Parents & Family of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Parents of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Father

René GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Mother

Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN

Grandparents of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Paternal grandparents

Jacques-Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE Catherine-Louise LEROUX

Maternal grandparents

Antoine ST-MARTIN Elisabeth LAVALLÉE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE married

Marie PELOQUIN
Marriage date: 6 August 1839
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie PELOQUIN was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT

Marriage notes:

St-Pierre-de-Sorel

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie PELOQUIN

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Born: 6 December 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 18 December 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 9 March 1842, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 10 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East

Paul GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 9 August 1844, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 9 March 1923, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Born: 7 October 1847, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 24 September 1916, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Born: 11 November 1849, Sorel, Canada East
Died: abt. 1942, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Theotiste GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Born: 21 August 1853, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 24 June 1927, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada

Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 17 December 1855, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 27 May 1928, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Narcisse GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 16 October 1857, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 4 February 1927, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Calixte GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Born: 31 March 1861, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 11 March 1946, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Rose-Delima COURNOYER 22 November 1887 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Rose-Anna GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Born: abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1817
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 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).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

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.