Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE

(b. 29 March 1736 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1814 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE was born 29 March 1736 in Laval, Canada, New France

Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GODARD and Marguerite RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne GODARD dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE (maternal) André RENAUD dit DESMOULINS and Marie BRAULT dite POMANVILLE

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

Marguerite married Jacques GAUTHIER 12 January 1761 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques GAUTHIER was born 27 April 1713 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Jacques died 26 August 1802 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Jacques was the child of André GAUTHIER and Catherine TOURNOIS.

Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE died 2 May 1814 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, 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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Family and Children of Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE

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Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE married

Jacques GAUTHIER-- Date: 12 January 1761 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada
Jacques GAUTHIER was the child of André GAUTHIER and Catherine TOURNOIS

Children of Jacques GAUTHIER and Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE:

Marie-Cecile GAUTHIER (b.25 October 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada d. , )
m. Dominique DUFOUR 7 February 1780 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marguerite GAUTHIER (b.7 February 1767, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph MAGUET (MAILLE) 15 January 1787 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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1736 Birth
29 March 1736
Laval, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE and Jacques GAUTHIER 12 January 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Cecile GAUTHIER was born 25 October 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 25 years old.

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAUTHIER was born 7 February 1767, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Marguerite was 30 years old.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Cecile GAUTHIER married 7 February 1780, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Dominique DUFOUR

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GAUTHIER married 15 January 1787, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Joseph MAGUET (MAILLE)

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques GAUTHIER died 26 August 1802, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

1814 Death
2 May 1814
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 78.

Added: 5/15/2020 9:09:42 AM - Updated: 12/1/2023 12:56:34 PM