Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE

Born

abt. 1676 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

2 February 1732 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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Pierre TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE Marie-Madeleine PHILIPPE (PHILLIPPE)

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Born: abt. 1676 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine PHILIPPE (PHILLIPPE)

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Jean-Baptiste married Thérèse-Anne HAMEL abt. 1715 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Thérèse-Anne HAMEL was born abt. 1689 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Thérèse-Anne died 14 March 1737 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Thérèse-Anne was the child of Jean HAMEL and Christine-Charlotte GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE.

Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE died 2 February 1732 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France .
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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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Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE married

Thérèse-Anne HAMEL
Marriage date: abt. 1715
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Thérèse-Anne HAMEL was the child of Jean HAMEL and Christine-Charlotte GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Thérèse-Anne HAMEL

François TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE

Born: abt. 1715, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 April 1757, La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Elisabeth AUGER 26 October 1748 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Charles TOUSIGNANT

Born: 22 May 1717, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Charlotte-Marguerite NORMANDEAU dite DESLAURIERS 8 January 1742 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph TOUSIGNANT

Born: abt. 1723, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 17 September 1773, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Agathe TURCOT 10 April 1752 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Charlotte TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE

Born: abt. 1725, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 December 1803, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: François ORTEGA dit PETIT 30 May 1757 Place: La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Married: Pierre CHEVAUDIER dit LEPINE 18 September 1769 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Married: Jacques Pierre ETIENNE dit JACOB 16 August 1790 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Angélique TOUSIGNANT

Born: abt. 1727, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 November 1757, La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Married: Alexis ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) 11 November 1753 Place: La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT

Born: 6 April 1729, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Died: 5 May 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Jean GARNIER dit ST-GERMAIN 3 February 1750 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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