Pierre-Paul
DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE
(b.
29 November 1817
,
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
d.
18 September 1887
,
Québec Province, Canada
)
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Pierre-Paul DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was born 29 November 1817 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Pierre-Paul DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre-Paul married Marie-Angele SIMONEAU 18 October 1842 in Saint-Hugues, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angele SIMONEAU was born 7 May 1823 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Angele died 7 May 1903 in Saint-Édouard, Eastman, Brome, Québec, Canada.
Pierre-Paul DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE died 18 September 1887 in Québec Province, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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)
Family and Children of Pierre-Paul DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE
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Marie-Angele SIMONEAU-- Date: 18 October 1842 Place: Saint-Hugues, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Pierre-Paul DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Angele SIMONEAU:
Stephen A Joseph (Etienne) DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE (b.9 March 1855, Bolton Forest, Eastman, Brome, Quebec, Canada d. 26 September 1933, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Elizabeth Victoria DION (YON) 8 January 1877 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Marie-Angele SIMONEAU-- Date: 18 October 1842 Place: Saint-Hugues, Canada EastSacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Pierre-Paul DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Angele SIMONEAU:
Stephen A Joseph (Etienne) DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE (b.9 March 1855, Bolton Forest, Eastman, Brome, Quebec, Canada d. 26 September 1933, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )m. Elizabeth Victoria DION (YON) 8 January 1877 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
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1817 Birth 29 November 1817
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1842 Marriage / PartnerPierre-Paul DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Angele SIMONEAU 18 October 1842, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada
He was 24 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1855 Birth of ChildStephen A Joseph (Etienne) DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was born 9 March 1855, Bolton Forest, Eastman, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Pierre-Paul was 37 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1877 Marriage of ChildStephen A Joseph (Etienne) DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE married 8 January 1877, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Elizabeth Victoria DION (YON)
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
1887 Death 18 September 1887
Québec Province, Canada
He died at the age of 69.
Added: 10/14/2025 11:22:59 PM
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