Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE

(b. 8 October 1715 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 30 January 1798 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was born 8 October 1715 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was the child of Gilbert DESAUTELS and Charlotte ETIENNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Catherine-Marie LORION (maternal) Philippe ETIENNE dit DURIVAGE and Marie GRAVOIS

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

Gilbert married Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) 7 November 1740 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) was born 22 July 1719 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne died 9 January 1761 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis MALLET and Catherine-Angelique PERINAU.

Gilbert married (2) Marguerite POITRAS 27 September 1762 in Montréal, Canada . Marguerite POITRAS was born 21 October 1733 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite died 17 April 1797 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Francois POITRAS and Marguerite HAINS.

Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE died 30 January 1798 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Maillet Marie-Anne
m. Poitras Marguerite

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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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Family and Children of Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE

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Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE married

Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET)-- Date: 7 November 1740 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) was the child of Louis MALLET and Catherine-Angelique PERINAU

Children of Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET):

Clemence DESAUTELS (b.1 May 1751, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1808, Longueuil, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE 19 August 1805 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE married

Marguerite POITRAS-- Date: 27 September 1762 Place: Montréal, Canada
Marguerite POITRAS was the child of Francois POITRAS and Marguerite HAINS

Children of Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite POITRAS:

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1715 Birth
8 October 1715
Montréal, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) 7 November 1740, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Clemence DESAUTELS was born 1 May 1751, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 35 years old.

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

1761 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne MALLET (MAILLET) died 9 January 1761, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite POITRAS 27 September 1762, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 47 years old.

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.

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.