Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE

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8 October 1715 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

30 January 1798 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Gilbert DESAUTELS Charlotte ETIENNE

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Born: 8 October 1715 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Gilbert DESAUTELS

Mother: Charlotte ETIENNE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE , Catherine-Marie LORION

Maternal grandparents: Philippe ETIENNE dit DURIVAGE , Marie GRAVOIS

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Gilbert married Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) 7 November 1740 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) was born 22 July 1719 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne died 9 January 1761 in Montréal, Canada . Marie-Anne was the child of Louis MALLET and Catherine-Angelique PERINAU.

Gilbert married (2) Marguerite POITRAS 27 September 1762 in Montréal, Canada . Marguerite POITRAS was born 21 October 1733 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marguerite died 17 April 1797 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Marguerite was the child of Francois POITRAS and Marguerite HAINS.

Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE died 30 January 1798 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Maillet Marie-Anne
m. Poitras Marguerite

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Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE married

Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET)
Marriage date: 7 November 1740
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) was the child of Louis MALLET and Catherine-Angelique PERINAU

Children of Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET)

Clemence DESAUTELS

Born: 1 May 1751, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 29 May 1808, Longueuil, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE 19 August 1805 Place: Longueuil, Lower Canada

Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE married

Marguerite POITRAS
Marriage date: 27 September 1762
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada
Marguerite POITRAS was the child of Francois POITRAS and Marguerite HAINS

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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 — 1715
8 October 1715
Montréal, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) 7 November 1740, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Clemence DESAUTELS was born 1 May 1751, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 35 years old.

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

1761 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) died 9 January 1761, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite POITRAS 27 September 1762, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 47 years old.

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.