François AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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16 October 1756 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

Died

10 October 1830 , Québec Province, Canada

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François AUDET dit LAPOINTE Angelique RÉGUINDEAU

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Born: 16 October 1756 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Father: François AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Mother: Angelique RÉGUINDEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joachim AUDET dit LAPOINTE , Louise-Hyacinthe ROBERGE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph RÉGUINDEAU dit JOACHIM , Angelique LAPORTE

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François married Françoise GAUTHIER 20 September 1784 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise GAUTHIER was born 1 December 1765 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Françoise was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Louise SICOTTE.

François AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 10 October 1830 in Québec Province, Canada.
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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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Françoise GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 20 September 1784
Marriage place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise GAUTHIER was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Louise SICOTTE

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Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born: abt. 1792, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: 18 March 1874, Québec, Québec, Canada

Married: Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS 28 September 1813 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1756
16 October 1756
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Françoise GAUTHIER 20 September 1784, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 27 years old.

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

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

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE married 28 September 1813, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS

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

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)