Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 25 July 1764 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 April 1842 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East )

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Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 25 July 1764 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite COULOMBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne JOUANNE (maternal) Louis COULOMBE and Marguerite POULIOT

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

Laurent married Madeleine GOSSELIN 20 January 1789 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine GOSSELIN was born 15 September 1763 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 7 May 1845 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Antoine GOSSELIN and Madeleine BAILLARGEON.

Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 22 April 1842 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East.
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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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Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Madeleine GOSSELIN-- Date: 20 January 1789 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine GOSSELIN was the child of Antoine GOSSELIN and Madeleine BAILLARGEON

Children of Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine GOSSELIN:

Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.18 June 1790, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 October 1859, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East )
m. Ambroise DUMAS 29 January 1812 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1764 Birth
25 July 1764
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Laurent AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine GOSSELIN 20 January 1789, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 18 June 1790, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Laurent was 25 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)

1812 Marriage of Child
Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 29 January 1812, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Ambroise DUMAS

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