Marie-Claire GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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6 October 1758 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

15 May 1816 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE Marie-Françoise-Regis ALLAIRE

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Born: 6 October 1758 in L'Assomption, 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-Claire married Hector Daniel MCLEAN abt. 1780 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hector Daniel MCLEAN was born abt. 1750

Marie-Claire GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 15 May 1816 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .
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Marie-Claire GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE married

Hector Daniel MCLEAN
Marriage date: abt. 1780
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Children of Hector Daniel MCLEAN and Marie-Claire GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Archibal MCLEAN

Born: abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 January 1877, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie CLAVEAU 13 January 1818 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1758
6 October 1758
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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.

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.