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 )

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Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 16 May 1786 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Helene LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Antoine AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS and Eleonore NOLIN

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

Françoise married Louis BLAIS 22 August 1808 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis BLAIS was born abt. 1778 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis died 19 December 1830 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Louis was the child of François BLAIS and Geneviève DUBOIS.

Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE died 24 January 1828 in Berthierville, Lower 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 Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE married

Louis BLAIS-- Date: 22 August 1808 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Louis BLAIS was the child of François BLAIS and Geneviève DUBOIS

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Children of Louis BLAIS and Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE:

Louis BLAIS (b.10 February 1813, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 18 May 1892, Berthierville, Québec, Canada )
m. Emilie LIPPE 30 May 1837 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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1786 Birth
16 May 1786
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE and Louis BLAIS 22 August 1808, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Louis BLAIS was born 10 February 1813, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Françoise was 26 years old.

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