Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. abt. 1762 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 July 1824 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada

Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Françoise ELIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Madeleine BLOUIN (maternal) Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD

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Charles married Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL 9 October 1781 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL was born 24 June 1761 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Josephte died 27 February 1824 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Josephte was the child of Germain ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL and Angelique DUBEAU.

Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 24 July 1824 in Sainte-Marie, 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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