Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

(b. 13 May 1834 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 18 January 1915 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 13 May 1834 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Dominique GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Emelie COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie ALLARD (maternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL

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

Marie married Gilbert PELOQUIN 30 January 1855 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Gilbert PELOQUIN was born 7 February 1832 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Gilbert died 22 May 1894 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada. Gilbert was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marguerite LOISEAU dite CARDIN.

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 18 January 1915 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .

m. Gilbert Peloquin
30 JAN 1855 in Saint Pierre de Sorel, Richlieu, Quebec

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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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