Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Born

16 August 1738 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

9 January 1800 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE Marie-Anne JOUANNE

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Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 16 August 1738 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne JOUANNE

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Louise CHABOT (maternal) Marc JOUANNE and Marie-Anne PLANTE

Laurent had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Laurent married Marguerite COULOMBE 10 October 1763 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite COULOMBE was born 3 April 1740 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 24 December 1824 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Louis COULOMBE and Marguerite POULIOT.

Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 9 January 1800 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.

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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 COULOMBE-- Date: 10 October 1763 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite COULOMBE was the child of Louis COULOMBE and Marguerite POULIOT

Children of Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite COULOMBE

Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.25 July 1764, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 April 1842, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East)
m. Madeleine GOSSELIN 20 January 1789 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1738 Birth
16 August 1738
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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite COULOMBE 10 October 1763, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 25 July 1764, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Laurent was 25 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.