He married Louise Roberge on November 23, 1716 in Saint-Laurent, Île-d'Orléans. Louise was the daughter of Pierre Roberge and Marie LeFrançois.
Joachim moved his family to Boucherville in the early 1720's after their first two children were born. Boucherville is one of the oldest municipalities in Québec. Boucherville, was incorporated as a city in 1957 and is now a borough of Longueuil.
Their children probably included:
Joachim Audet dit Lapointe (1717),
Marie-Louise Audet dit Lapointe (1719),
Marie-Madeleine Audet dit Lapointe (1721),
Jean-Baptiste Audet dit Lapointe (1722),
Marie- Anne Audet dit Lapoint (1723, married Jean Baptiste Laporte dit Denis),
Jean-Baptiste Audet dit Lapointe (1725, married Marguerite Charbonneaud),
François Audet dit Lapointe (1726, married Angélique Reguindeau),
Joseph Audet dit Lapointe (1729, married Marguerite Charbonau and Angélique Charles),
Geneviéve Audet dit Lapointe (1731),
Jacques -Amable Audet dit Lapointe (1732), and
Marie-François Audet dit Lapointe (1735, married Pierre Darragon).
Nicolas Audet was granted land on the southeast side of l'Île-d'Orléans At that time, it was in the parish of Sainte-Famille. In 1679, the parish of Ste-Famille was divided and their farm became part of the village of Saint-Jean.
The King's Daughters (filles du roi) were young women who immigrated to Canada between 1663 and 1673 and were sponsored by Louis XIV. The French goverment planned to increase Canada's population by promoting marriages and the birth of children.
from Our French-Canadian Ancestors by Thomas J. Laforest
12) Joachim was born probably in 1691. He married Louise Roberge, daughter of Pierre and of Marie LeFrançois, on November 23, 1716 at Saint-Laurent. By 1730, Joachim and Louise had nine children, six boys and three girls. The first two were baptized at Saint-Jean, but the rest were all baptized at Boucherville.
