Innocent
AUDET dit LAPOINTE
(b.
16 April 1689
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
d.
5 February 1774
,
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 16 April 1689 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine DESPRÉSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Innocent married Geneviève LEMELIN 12 November 1710 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Geneviève LEMELIN was born 10 January 1694 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 16 June 1778 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Geneviève was the child of Louis LEMELIN and Marie-Anne DELAUMAY (DELAUNAY).
Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 5 February 1774 in Boucherville, Province of 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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