Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE

(b. 15 June 1752 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1782 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 15 June 1752 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Agathe GREFFARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Louise GODBOUT (maternal) Jacques GREFFARD and Marie-Françoise DELAUNAY

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Marguerite married Alexis BOULET 17 October 1774 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . Alexis BOULET was born 3 October 1744 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Alexis died 3 January 1804 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Alexis was the child of Alexis BOULET (BOULAY) and Geneviève SAMSON.

Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE died 25 October 1782 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, 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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Alexis BOULET-- Date: 17 October 1774 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis BOULET was the child of Alexis BOULET (BOULAY) and Geneviève SAMSON

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1752 Birth
15 June 1752
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE and Alexis BOULET 17 October 1774, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 22 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.