Helene PEPIN dite LACHANCE

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2 May 1820 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Died

29 November 1899 , Beauceville, Québec, Canada

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Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE Helen VACHON dite POMERLEAU

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Born: 2 May 1820 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Mother: Helen VACHON dite POMERLEAU

Paternal grandparents: Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE , Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL

Maternal grandparents: Etienne VACHON dit POMERLEAU , Marie-Reine LANGELIER

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Helene married Louis NADEAU 14 January 1836 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis NADEAU was born 17 February 1815 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Jean-Alexis NADEAU and Marie-Genevieve LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE.

Helene PEPIN dite LACHANCE died 29 November 1899 in Beauceville, 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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Helene PEPIN dite LACHANCE married

Louis NADEAU
Marriage date: 14 January 1836
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Louis NADEAU was the child of Jean-Alexis NADEAU and Marie-Genevieve LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Louis NADEAU and Helene PEPIN dite LACHANCE

Philomene NADEAU

Born: 23 February 1849, Beauceville, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Joseph VEILLEUX 17 January 1865 Place: Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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Birth — 1820
2 May 1820
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Marriage / Partner
Helene PEPIN dite LACHANCE and Louis NADEAU 14 January 1836, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

She was 15 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Philomene NADEAU was born 23 February 1849, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Helene was 28 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Philomene NADEAU married 17 January 1865, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce) to Joseph VEILLEUX

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.