Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

(b. 13 December 1763 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 December 1811 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 13 December 1763 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Augustin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Catherine LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne LEBRUN dite CARRIER (maternal) Gabriel LACROIX and Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER

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Marie-Catherine married Joseph-Marie LACOMBE 8 January 1787 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph-Marie LACOMBE was born 26 January 1766 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Joseph-Marie died 24 July 1843 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Marie was the child of Joseph BALAN dit LACOMBE and Marie-Josephe CARBONNEAU.

Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 31 December 1811 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada.

m. Joseph Balan-Lacombe
1787 in St Michel, Bellechasse, 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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Joseph-Marie LACOMBE-- Date: 8 January 1787 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie LACOMBE was the child of Joseph BALAN dit LACOMBE and Marie-Josephe CARBONNEAU

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1763 Birth
13 December 1763
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE and Joseph-Marie LACOMBE 8 January 1787, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)