Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 5 January 1746 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1790 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 5 January 1746 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE was the child of Joseph-Antoine AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Jeanne POULIOT (POUILLOT) (maternal) Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marguerite FONTAINE

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

Louis married Helene LANGLOIS 5 November 1770 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Helene LANGLOIS was born 18 February 1746 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Helene died 26 November 1831 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Helene was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS and Eleonore NOLIN.

Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 4 January 1790 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of 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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Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Helene LANGLOIS-- Date: 5 November 1770 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Helene LANGLOIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS and Eleonore NOLIN

Children of Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Helene LANGLOIS:

Marie-Rose AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.abt. 1781, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE) 13 April 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.16 May 1786, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 January 1828, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Louis BLAIS 22 August 1808 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1746 Birth
5 January 1746
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Helene LANGLOIS 5 November 1770, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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)

1786 Birth of Child
Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 16 May 1786, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Louis was 40 years old.