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Aurelie-Rosalie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada
Aurelie-Rosalie GAUTRON dite 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 LAVALLÉEm. Joseph Casavan-Ladebauche
17 OCT 1837 in Saint Pierre de Sorel, Richlieu, Quebec
Children
Pierre Casavant b: 19 SEP 1838 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Marie Casavant b: 6 JUN 1841 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Marguerite Casavant b: 26 JUN 1843 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Elvige Casavant b: 28 APR 1846 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Catherine Casavant b: 12 JUN 1848 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Marie Theotiste Casavant b: 21 MAY 1851 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Narcisse Casavant b: 6 JUL 1854 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Felix Casavant b: 4 OCT 1857 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Paul Casavant b: 27 MAR 1861 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Agnes Casavant b: 29 SEP 1864 in St Pierre,Sorel,Quebec
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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