Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE

(b. abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 June 1813 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE was the child of Antoine TOUSIGNANT and Therese BEAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Agnes-Charlotte METHOT (maternal) Michel BEAUDET and Thérèse PERUSSE

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

Antoine married Marie-Catherine GAURON 15 February 1768 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine GAURON was born 24 December 1751 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Catherine died 1 December 1830 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Catherine was the child of Joseph GAURON and Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE.

Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE died 18 June 1813 in Lotbinière, Lower Canada .

m. Gauron Marie-Catherine

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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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Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE married

Marie-Catherine GAURON-- Date: 15 February 1768 Place: Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine GAURON was the child of Joseph GAURON and Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE

Children of Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Catherine GAURON:

Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE (b.24 December 1772, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1828, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Michel GROLEAU 23 April 1792 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Catherine GAURON 15 February 1768, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1772 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE was born 24 December 1772, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE married 23 April 1792, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Michel GROLEAU

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)