Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Born

20 February 1748 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

16 July 1818 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Jean-Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE Genevieve LECLERC

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Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 20 February 1748 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Jean-Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Genevieve LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite BERNARD (maternal) Jean LECLERC and Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN

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Marguerite-Francoise married Alexis DUMAS 27 August 1770 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexis DUMAS was born 15 September 1744 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Alexis died 11 August 1821 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Alexis was the child of Charles DUMAS and Ursule GODIN.

Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE died 16 July 1818 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower 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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Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE married

Alexis DUMAS-- Date: 27 August 1770 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis DUMAS was the child of Charles DUMAS and Ursule GODIN

Children of Alexis DUMAS and Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Ambroise DUMAS (b.18 February 1781, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 March 1868, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE 29 January 1812 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Chrysostome DUMAS (b.29 November 1784, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1844, Trois-Pistoles, Canada East )
m. Suzanne COTE 28 November 1815 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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1748 Birth
20 February 1748
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE and Alexis DUMAS 27 August 1770, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 22 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.

1781 Birth of Child
Ambroise DUMAS was born 18 February 1781, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite-Francoise was 33 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Chrysostome DUMAS was born 29 November 1784, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marguerite-Francoise was 36 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)

1812 Marriage of Child
Ambroise DUMAS married 29 January 1812, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE

1815 Marriage of Child
Chrysostome DUMAS married 28 November 1815, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Suzanne COTE

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