Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 16 August 1812 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 22 February 1870 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada )

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Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 16 August 1812 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Josephte RAYMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine BOUCHARD (maternal) Joseph RAYMOND and Marie-Josephte RANCOURT

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

Jean married Emelie TREMBLAY 5 September 1837 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emelie TREMBLAY was born abt. 1811 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Emelie died 25 November 1884 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Emelie was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Julie LAJOIE.

Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 22 February 1870 in Jonquière, 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 Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Emelie TREMBLAY-- Date: 5 September 1837 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Emelie TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Julie LAJOIE

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Children of Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Emelie TREMBLAY:

Josephine AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.2 November 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )
m. Pascal SAVARD 31 May 1864 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1812 Birth
16 August 1812
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Emelie TREMBLAY 5 September 1837, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Josephine AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 2 November 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean was 31 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Josephine AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 31 May 1864, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Pascal SAVARD

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.