Geoffroi
AUDET dit LAPOINTE
(b.
21 August 1763
,
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 November 1821
,
Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
)
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Geoffroi AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 21 August 1763 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Geoffroi AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Joseph AUDET and Suzanne HERTAULT dite ST-PIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Geneviève LEMELIN (maternal) Jacques HERTAULT (ARTEAU) (ARTAULT) dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Anne SENET dite LALIBERTESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Geoffroi married Hypolite-Apolline BOURASSA 10 January 1786 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 18 children.
Hypolite-Apolline BOURASSA was born 14 February 1767 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Hypolite-Apolline died 26 June 1831 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Hypolite-Apolline was the child of François-Albert-Jacques BOURASSA and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BROSSEAU.
Geoffroi AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 21 November 1821 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Geoffroi appear below.
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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