Françoise
AUDET dite LAPOINTE
(b.
16 May 1786
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
24 January 1828
,
Berthierville, Lower Canada
)
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Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 16 May 1786 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Helene LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Antoine AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS and Eleonore NOLINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Françoise married Louis BLAIS 22 August 1808 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis BLAIS was born abt. 1778 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis died 19 December 1830 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Louis was the child of François BLAIS and Geneviève DUBOIS.
Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE died 24 January 1828 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Françoise 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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