Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born

16 April 1689 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

5 February 1774 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

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Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE Madeleine DESPRÉS

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Born: 16 April 1689 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Mother: Madeleine DESPRÉS

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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 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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Spouse & Children of Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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Geneviève LEMELIN
Marriage date: 12 November 1710
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Geneviève LEMELIN was the child of Louis LEMELIN and Marie-Anne DELAUMAY (DELAUNAY)

Children of Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Geneviève LEMELIN

Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born: 7 August 1711, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Madeleine SIMARD 21 April 1732

Jean-François AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born: 4 May 1717, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 23 March 1809, Terrebonne, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite-Louise RENAUD dite LOCAS 8 October 1742 Place: Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Perpetue AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Born: 9 April 1719, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste FAVREAU 14 May 1740 Place: Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Joseph AUDET

Born: abt. 1724, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 23 September 1793, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Suzanne HERTAULT dite ST-PIERRE 9 November 1744 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Laurent AUDET

Born: abt. 1730, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne SÉGUIN 27 October 1671 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Born: 29 January 1733, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: François COUILLARD dit LAROQUE 1761

Gabriel AUDET

Born: 3 August 1736, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Madeleine VALET 6 July 1761 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1671 Marriage of Child
Laurent AUDET married 27 October 1671, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie-Anne SÉGUIN

Birth — 1689
16 April 1689
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1710 Marriage / Partner
Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Geneviève LEMELIN 12 November 1710, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 7 August 1711, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Innocent was 22 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Jean-François AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 4 May 1717, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Innocent was 28 years old.

1719 Birth of Child
Perpetue AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 9 April 1719, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Innocent was 29 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Birth of Child
Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 29 January 1733, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Innocent was 43 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Gabriel AUDET was born 3 August 1736, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Innocent was 47 years old.

1740 Marriage of Child
Perpetue AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 14 May 1740, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Jean-Baptiste FAVREAU

1742 Marriage of Child
Jean-François AUDET dit LAPOINTE married 8 October 1742 , Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne) to Marguerite-Louise RENAUD dite LOCAS

1744 Marriage of Child
Joseph AUDET married 9 November 1744, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Suzanne HERTAULT dite ST-PIERRE

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Gabriel AUDET married 6 July 1761, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Madeleine VALET

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.