Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE

Born

29 March 1736 , Laval, Canada, New France

Died

2 May 1814 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GODARD Marguerite RENAUD

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Born: 29 March 1736 in Laval, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste GODARD

Mother: Marguerite RENAUD

Paternal grandparents: Etienne GODARD dit LAPOINTE , Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: André RENAUD dit DESMOULINS , Marie BRAULT dite POMANVILLE

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Marguerite married Jacques GAUTHIER 12 January 1761 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques GAUTHIER was born 27 April 1713 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . Jacques died 26 August 1802 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada . Jacques was the child of André GAUTHIER and Catherine TOURNOIS.

Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE died 2 May 1814 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada .
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Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE married

Jacques GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 12 January 1761
Marriage place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada
Jacques GAUTHIER was the child of André GAUTHIER and Catherine TOURNOIS

Children of Jacques GAUTHIER and Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE

Marie-Cecile GAUTHIER

Born: 25 October 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Dominique DUFOUR 7 February 1780 Place: Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite GAUTHIER

Born: 7 February 1767, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph MAGUET (MAILLE) 15 January 1787 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1736
29 March 1736
Laval, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE and Jacques GAUTHIER 12 January 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Cecile GAUTHIER was born 25 October 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 25 years old.

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAUTHIER was born 7 February 1767, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Marguerite was 30 years old.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Cecile GAUTHIER married 7 February 1780, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada to Dominique DUFOUR

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GAUTHIER married 15 January 1787, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada to Joseph MAGUET (MAILLE)

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)

1802 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques GAUTHIER died 26 August 1802, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Death — 1814
2 May 1814
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 78.

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