Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE

(b. 8 October 1728 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 11 January 1808 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 8 October 1728 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE was the child of Gervais PEPIN and Jeanne FONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais PEPIN and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER (maternal) Étienne FONTAINE and Marie CONILLE

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

Madeleine married Joachim GREFFARD 17 August 1751 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joachim GREFFARD was born 18 March 1717 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Joachim died 16 August 1771 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Joachim was the child of Jacques GREFFARD and Marie-Françoise DELAUNAY.

Madeleine married (2) Guillaume GUILLEMET 1 February 1773 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . Guillaume GUILLEMET was born 4 September 1715 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Guillaume died 28 April 1781 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Guillaume was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMET and Marie-Anne BLAIS.

Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE died 11 January 1808 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE married

Joachim GREFFARD-- Date: 17 August 1751 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Joachim GREFFARD was the child of Jacques GREFFARD and Marie-Françoise DELAUNAY

Children of Joachim GREFFARD and Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE:

Marie-Madeleine GREFFARD (b.20 May 1756, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 30 August 1802, La Pocatière, Lower Canada )
m. Aristobule EMOND 16 September 1793 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE married

Guillaume GUILLEMET-- Date: 1 February 1773 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Guillaume GUILLEMET was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMET and Marie-Anne BLAIS

Children of Guillaume GUILLEMET and Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE:

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1728 Birth
8 October 1728
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE and Joachim GREFFARD 17 August 1751, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 22 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GREFFARD was born 20 May 1756, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 27 years old.

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.

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joachim GREFFARD died 16 August 1771, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1773 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE and Guillaume GUILLEMET 1 February 1773 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 44 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.

1781 Death of Spouse/Partner
Guillaume GUILLEMET died 28 April 1781, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine GREFFARD married 16 September 1793, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Aristobule EMOND

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Death of Child
Marie-Madeleine GREFFARD died 30 August 1802, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Madeleine was 73 years old.

1808 Death
11 January 1808
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 79.

Added: 4/9/2019 8:59:43 AM - Updated: 12/20/2024 12:49:08 PM