Pierre
GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE
(b.
26 May 1783
,
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
31 August 1860
,
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
)
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Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 26 May 1783 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre 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 BIGNONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Josephte LAMOUREUX 10 February 1812 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LAMOUREUX was born 9 April 1792 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Josephte died 20 April 1875 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of François LAMOUREUX and Marie-Josephe GENDRON.
Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 31 August 1860 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East.
m. (1) Elisabeth Hus Lemoine
14 NOV 1808 in St Pierre, Sorel, Quebec
m. (2) Marie Josette Lamoureux
10 FEB 1812 in Contrecoeur, Vercheres, Quebec
Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.
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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