Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 23 February 1748 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1830 , Terrebonne, Lower Canada )

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Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 23 February 1748 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Jean-François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite-Louise RENAUD dite LOCAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Geneviève LEMELIN (maternal) Louis RENAUD dit LOCAS and Marie-Angélique DEMERS (DUMAIS)

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Innocent married Therese LIMOGES 8 February 1779 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . Therese LIMOGES was born 29 April 1753 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Therese died 19 June 1782 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Therese was the child of Joseph LIMOGES-AMAND dit JOLICOEUR and Françoise-Marie VANDANDAIGUE.

Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 5 November 1830 in Terrebonne, 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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Therese LIMOGES-- Date: 8 February 1779 Place: Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese LIMOGES was the child of Joseph LIMOGES-AMAND dit JOLICOEUR and Françoise-Marie VANDANDAIGUE

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1748 Birth
23 February 1748
Boucherville, 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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Therese LIMOGES 8 February 1779, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 30 years old.