Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

(b. 19 September 1770 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 March 1827 , St Anselme, Quebec, Canada )

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Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 19 September 1770 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel GAUTRON dit 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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Michel married Marie-Louise BOLDUC 27 July 1790 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise BOLDUC was born 11 August 1767 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 22 December 1837 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre BOLDUC and Marie-Louise ROY.

Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE died 7 March 1827 in St Anselme, Quebec, Canada.

m. Marie Louise Bolduc
27 JUL 1790 in St Vallier, 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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Marie-Louise BOLDUC-- Date: 27 July 1790 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise BOLDUC was the child of Pierre BOLDUC and Marie-Louise ROY

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1770 Birth
19 September 1770
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.