Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 1 July 1836 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1915 , Meriden, Connecticut, USA )

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Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 1 July 1836 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Françoise GAUTHIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Anne COLLETTE (COLLET)

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

Louis Cleophas married Marie Celina POYER 18 July 1864 in Henryville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Celina POYER was born 11 September 1841 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie Celina died abt. 1912 in Meriden, Connecticut, USA. Marie Celina was the child of Jean Baptiste POYER and Flavie CHARBONNEAU.

Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 5 April 1915 in Meriden, Connecticut, USA.

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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 Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Marie Celina POYER-- Date: 18 July 1864 Place: Henryville, Canada East
Marie Celina POYER was the child of Jean Baptiste POYER and Flavie CHARBONNEAU

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Children of Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie Celina POYER:

Cleophas-Evrard LAPOINTE (b.16 April 1865, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1912, )

photo of John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE

John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE (b.20 July 1866, New Britain, Connecticut, USA d. 16 September 1944, Meriden, Connecticut, USA)
m. Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE 13 September 1904 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

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1836 Birth
1 July 1836
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage / Partner
Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie Celina POYER 18 July 1864, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

He was 28 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Cleophas-Evrard LAPOINTE was born 16 April 1865, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louis Cleophas was 28 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE was born 20 July 1866, New Britain, Connecticut, USA

Louis Cleophas was 30 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 Marriage of Child
John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE married 13 September 1904, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA to Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)