flag male ancestor  Pierre  AUDET dit LAPOINTE

  (b. 10 March 1751 Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France   d. 16 December 1798 Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )  

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Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 10 March 1751 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE   and   Marie-Madeleine BAILLARGEON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite BERNARD (maternal)  Jean BAILLARGEON and Marie DENIS dite LAPIERRE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre  married  Angelique FOURNIER 9 November 1772 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Angelique FOURNIER  was born 26 September 1753 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada .  Angelique died 20 November 1831 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais).  Angelique was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie GOSSELIN.

Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 16 December 1798 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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