Joseph
DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE
(b.
19 November 1785
,
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
12 February 1870
,
Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada
)
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Joseph DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was born 19 November 1785 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was the child of Pierre-Joseph DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Josephte GUERTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Joseph DÉSAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite ALLAIRE (maternal) Jacques GUERTIN and Marguerite-Angélique CHAMBERLANDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Rose BERTHIAUME 22 February 1808 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose BERTHIAUME was born June 1789 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Rose died 10 May 1859 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Rose was the child of Jacques BERTHIAUME and Ursule VAILLANT.
Joseph DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE died 12 February 1870 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada .
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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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