Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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6 January 1745 , Beaumont, Canada, New France

Died

7 May 1809 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE Marie-Françoise-Regis ALLAIRE

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Born: 6 January 1745 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

Mother: Marie-Françoise-Regis ALLAIRE

Paternal grandparents: Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE , Marie-Anne LEBRUN dite CARRIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François ALLAIRE , Anne LABBE

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Marie-Catherine married François LAVENTURE 8 August 1763 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François LAVENTURE was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). François died 10 January 1808 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). François was the child of François LAVENTURE dit MADRAN and Marie-Anne PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE.

Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 7 May 1809 in Saint-Ours, Lower 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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Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE married

François LAVENTURE
Marriage date: 8 August 1763
Marriage place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
François LAVENTURE was the child of François LAVENTURE dit MADRAN and Marie-Anne PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE

Children of François LAVENTURE and Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Catherine LAVENTURE

Born: 24 July 1764, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 April 1800, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE 6 August 1781 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Alexis LAVENTURE

Born: 20 September 1785, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Angelique ARPIN 29 February 1808 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1745
6 January 1745
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE and François LAVENTURE 8 August 1763 , Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 18 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Catherine LAVENTURE was born 24 July 1764, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Catherine was 19 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.