Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 3 October 1835 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 27 April 1875 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 3 October 1835 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Georges AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie DUCHESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Jeanne SIMARD (maternal) Jean DUCHESNE and Marie THIBAULT

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

Francois married Rose TREMBLAY 22 November 1859 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose TREMBLAY was born 12 December 1842 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Rose died 5 October 1895 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Rose was the child of Athanase TREMBLAY and Françoise BOUCHARD.

Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 27 April 1875 in Les Éboulements, 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 Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Rose TREMBLAY-- Date: 22 November 1859 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Rose TREMBLAY was the child of Athanase TREMBLAY and Françoise BOUCHARD

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Children of Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Rose TREMBLAY:

Catherine AUDET (b.4 October 1860, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 15 August 1891, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Abel TREMBLAY 28 February 1876 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1835 Birth
3 October 1835
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Rose TREMBLAY 22 November 1859, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 24 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Catherine AUDET was born 4 October 1860, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Francois was 25 years old.

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.