Pierre GODARD dit LAPOINTE

Born

25 October 1739 , Laval, Canada, New France

Died

7 February 1798 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GODARD Marguerite RENAUD

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Born: 25 October 1739 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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Pierre married Nathalie-Suzanne PERRON 23 January 1764 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Nathalie-Suzanne PERRON was born 18 September 1747 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Nathalie-Suzanne died 17 February 1799 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Nathalie-Suzanne was the child of Jean PERRON and Agathe SIMARD.

Pierre GODARD dit LAPOINTE died 7 February 1798 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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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Pierre GODARD dit LAPOINTE married

Nathalie-Suzanne PERRON
Marriage date: 23 January 1764
Marriage place: Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Nathalie-Suzanne PERRON was the child of Jean PERRON and Agathe SIMARD

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Birth — 1739
25 October 1739
Laval, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GODARD dit LAPOINTE and Nathalie-Suzanne PERRON 23 January 1764, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 24 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.