Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born

1 March 1804 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

9 January 1880 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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Born: 1 March 1804 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Parents of Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Father

François AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Mother

Marie-Josephte RAYMOND

Grandparents of Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE Madeleine BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Joseph RAYMOND Marie-Josephte RANCOURT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Francois married Madeleine SIMARD 19 October 1829 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine SIMARD was born 29 September 1808 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Madeleine died 8 February 1899 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Madeleine was the child of François SIMARD and Marie-Emerentienne BOULIANNE.

Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 9 January 1880 in La Baie, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Madeleine SIMARD
Marriage date: 19 October 1829
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Madeleine SIMARD was the child of François SIMARD and Marie-Emerentienne BOULIANNE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine SIMARD

Adeline AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Born: abt. 1833, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Maxime TREMBLAY 9 January 1855 Place: La Baie, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1804
1 March 1804
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine SIMARD 19 October 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 25 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Adeline AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 9 January 1855, La Baie, Canada East to Maxime TREMBLAY

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.