Therese
TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE
(b.
13 December 1749
,
Lotbinière, Canada, New France
d.
10 June 1778
,
Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Therese TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE was born 13 December 1749 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Therese TOUSIGNANT dite 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 PERUSSETherese TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE died 10 June 1778 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada .
m. Perusse Louis
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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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1749 Birth 13 December 1749
Lotbinière, Canada, New France
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.
1778 Death 10 June 1778
Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 28.
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