Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 15 March 1754 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1812 , La Présentation, Lower Canada )

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Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 15 March 1754 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph AUDET dit 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

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

Joseph married Marie-Therese TURCOTTE 26 November 1781 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Therese TURCOTTE was born 12 December 1764 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Therese died 26 October 1841 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Therese was the child of Jacques TURCOTTE and Thérèse CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMPS.

Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 24 November 1812 in La Présentation, 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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Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Marie-Therese TURCOTTE-- Date: 26 November 1781 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Therese TURCOTTE was the child of Jacques TURCOTTE and Thérèse CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMPS

Children of Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Therese TURCOTTE:

Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.13 October 1785, Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine MILLET HUS 3 August 1801 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1754 Birth
15 March 1754
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Therese TURCOTTE 26 November 1781, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 13 October 1785, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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)

1801 Marriage of Child
Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 3 August 1801, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Antoine MILLET HUS