Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 19 December 1804 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 23 April 1886 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 19 December 1804 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Olive TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Barthelemy AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine TREMBLAY (maternal) Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE

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

Guillaume married Flavie SIMARD 29 January 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Flavie SIMARD was born 14 October 1808 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Flavie died 22 July 1885 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Flavie was the child of Louis-Charles SIMARD and Felicite POTVIN.

Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 23 April 1886 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE was a charpentier.
In New France, the occupation of charpentier, or carpenter, covered all trades of wood construction.

Source: tfcq.ca

18th Century Charpentier in New France: Crafting Dreams in Timber

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 Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Flavie SIMARD-- Date: 29 January 1828 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Flavie SIMARD was the child of Louis-Charles SIMARD and Felicite POTVIN

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Children of Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Flavie SIMARD:

Bibiane AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.26 August 1829, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 2 October 1866, Les Éboulements, Canada East )
m. Isaie MARTEL 28 April 1846 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Donatien AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.8 August 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 7 March 1917, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Martine GAGNON 11 January 1853 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Zoe AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.12 October 1834, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 12 January 1903, Saint-Herménégilde, Barford, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada)
m. Onesime TREMBLAY 23 January 1855 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Adele AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.17 October 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 21 August 1915, St-Paul-du-Nord, Canada)
m. Ephrem TREMBLAY 7 March 1859 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1804 Birth
19 December 1804
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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Flavie SIMARD 29 January 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Bibiane AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 26 August 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Guillaume was 24 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Donatien AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 8 August 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Guillaume was 27 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Zoe AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 12 October 1834, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Guillaume was 29 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Adele AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 17 October 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Guillaume was 36 years old.

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Bibiane AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 28 April 1846, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Isaie MARTEL

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Donatien AUDET dit LAPOINTE married 11 January 1853, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Martine GAGNON

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

1855 Marriage of Child
Zoe AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 23 January 1855, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Onesime TREMBLAY

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Adele AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 7 March 1859, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Ephrem TREMBLAY

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Child
Bibiane AUDET dite LAPOINTE died 2 October 1866, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Guillaume was 61 years old.

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.