Marie-Charlotte TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE

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17 March 1721 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Died

20 April 1766 , Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

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Noel TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE Agnes-Charlotte METHOT

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Born: 17 March 1721 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Father: Noel TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE

Mother: Agnes-Charlotte METHOT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE , Marie-Madeleine PHILIPPE (PHILLIPPE)

Maternal grandparents: Abraham METHOT , Marie-Madeleine MEZERAY dite NOPCES

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Marie-Charlotte married Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET 13 November 1739 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET was born 13 March 1720 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET and Françoise CHATEL.

Marie-Charlotte TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE died 20 April 1766 in Lotbinière, 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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Marie-Charlotte TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE married

Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET
Marriage date: 13 November 1739
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET and Françoise CHATEL

Children of Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET and Marie-Charlotte TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE

Marie-Louise BEAUDET

Born: 2 May 1741, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Died: 24 April 1770, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Antoine L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX) 9 November 1760 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph BEAUDET DUCAP

Born: 15 March 1758, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 October 1845, Lotbinière, Canada East

Married: Barbe BELANGER 20 July 1784 Place: Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

François BEAUDET

Born: abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 November 1831, Lotbinière, Lower Canada

Married: Louise LECLERC 14 October 1788 Place: Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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Birth — 1721
17 March 1721
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

1739 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Charlotte TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE and Jean-Baptiste BEAUDET 13 November 1739, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 18 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BEAUDET was born 2 May 1741, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Marie-Charlotte was 20 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUDET DUCAP was born 15 March 1758, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Charlotte was 37 years old.

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BEAUDET married 9 November 1760, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Antoine L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX)

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.