Toussaint
AUDET dit LAPOINTE
(b.
abt. 1792
,
Chambly, Lower Canada
d.
18 March 1874
,
Québec, Québec, Canada
)
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Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born abt. 1792 in Chambly, Lower Canada
Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Françoise GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Angelique RÉGUINDEAU (maternal) Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Louise SICOTTESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Toussaint married Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS 28 September 1813 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS was born 25 January 1799 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Ursule was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Anne COLLETTE (COLLET).
Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 18 March 1874 in Québec, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Toussaint 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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