Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE

(b. 27 May 1829 , Joliette, Lower Canada d. 12 September 1903 , St-Liguori, Joliette, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE was born 27 May 1829 in Joliette, Lower Canada

Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE was the child of Basile DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie RIVET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Catherine HENRY (maternal) Pierre RIVET and Charlotte PARENT

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

Sophie married Stanislas LAPORTE 15 February 1847 in Joliette, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Stanislas LAPORTE was born 12 April 1813 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Stanislas died 5 May 1884 in St-Liguori, Joliette, Québec, Canada. Stanislas was the child of Toussaint LAPORTE and Marguerite PICHE.

Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE died 12 September 1903 in St-Liguori, Joliette, 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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Family and Children of Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE

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Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE married

Stanislas LAPORTE-- Date: 15 February 1847 Place: Joliette, Canada East
Stanislas LAPORTE was the child of Toussaint LAPORTE and Marguerite PICHE

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Children of Stanislas LAPORTE and Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE:

Dina LAPORTE (b.abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Ovide Ildege DE SERRES 17 August 1880

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1829 Birth
27 May 1829
Joliette, Lower Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE and Stanislas LAPORTE 15 February 1847, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

She was 17 years old.

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.