Pierre
AUDET dit LAPOINTE
(b.
11 May 1771
,
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
14 November 1853
,
Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East
)
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Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 11 May 1771 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Thérèse LETOURNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Madeleine BAILLARGEON (maternal) Nicolas LETOURNEAU and Thérèse LABRECQUESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Geneviève PLOUFFE 29 January 1793 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Geneviève PLOUFFE was born 16 April 1775 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 27 May 1829 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève was the child of Charles PLOUFFE and Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME.
Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 14 November 1853 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East.
Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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