Luc-Jacques DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE

(b. 26 March 1762 , Chambly, Canada d. , )

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Luc-Jacques DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was born 26 March 1762 in Chambly, Canada

Luc-Jacques DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was the child of Jacques DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Francoise FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilbert DESAUTELS and Charlotte ETIENNE (maternal) Adrien FOURNIER and Catherine BOUTEILLER (BOUTHILLIER) (BOUTILLIER)

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Luc-Jacques married Veronique MARCIL 28 January 1788 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique MARCIL was born 11 December 1761 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Veronique died 16 June 1833 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Veronique was the child of André MARCIL (MARSIL) and Veronique QUINTAL.

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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