Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE

(b. 13 December 1749 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 5 June 1795 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE was born 13 December 1749 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste 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

Jean-Baptiste had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Charlotte NAULT 7 November 1774 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Charlotte NAULT was born 16 July 1755 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte died 25 November 1834 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Joseph-Henri NAULT and Marie-Geneviève RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE.

Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE died 5 June 1795 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower 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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Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE married

Marie-Charlotte NAULT-- Date: 7 November 1774 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte NAULT was the child of Joseph-Henri NAULT and Marie-Geneviève RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Charlotte NAULT:

Marie-Angélique TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE (b.25 June 1778, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 February 1811, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada)

Rose TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE (b.23 September 1782, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 August 1822, )

Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE (b.1 May 1785, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 March 1833, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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1749 Birth
13 December 1749
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Charlotte NAULT 7 November 1774, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

Revolutionary War
TOUZIGNANT,Baptiste. St-Pierre-les-Becquets. On raid under Brisset, of St-Jean-Deschaillons, Sergt. of militia for the rebels (BTW)
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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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE was born 25 June 1778, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Rose TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE was born 23 September 1782, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE was born 1 May 1785, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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

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