Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. abt. 1717 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born abt. 1717 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Louise GODBOUT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine DESPRÉS (maternal) Nicolas GODBOUT and Marguerite-Angélique LEMELIN

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

Louis married Marie-Catherine BELLEAU 4 August 1743 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Catherine BELLEAU was born 14 August 1717 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Marie-Catherine died 25 November 1772 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste BELLEAU dit LAROSE and Catherine BERTHIAUME.

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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