Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born

11 May 1771 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 November 1853 , Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East

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, Province of Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 27 May 1829 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada. Marie-Geneviève was the child of Charles PLOUFFE and Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME .

Parents & Family of Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Parents of Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Father

Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Mother

Thérèse LETOURNEAU

Grandparents of Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Paternal grandparents

Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE Marie-Madeleine BAILLARGEON

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas LETOURNEAU Thérèse LABRECQUE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Marie-Geneviève PLOUFFE
Marriage date: 29 January 1793
Marriage place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
Marie-Geneviève PLOUFFE was the child of Charles PLOUFFE and Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME

Children of Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Geneviève PLOUFFE

François AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born: 12 November 1802, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Died: 6 April 1870, Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Married: Olive RICHER 27 January 1852

Eustache AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born: 20 September 1817, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: 29 July 1875, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada

Married: Domithilde HEBERT 18 January 1842 Place: Beauharnois, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.

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 — 1771
11 May 1771
Saint-Charles-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)

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

1793 Marriage / Partner
Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Geneviève PLOUFFE 29 January 1793 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

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

1802 Birth of Child
François AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 12 November 1802, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 31 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Eustache AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 20 September 1817, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 46 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England