flag male ancestor  Jean-Marie  PEPIN dit LACHANCE

  (b. 9 March 1728 Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France   d. 25 May 1811 St-Ferréol les Neiges, Quebec, Canada )  

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Jean-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 9 March 1728 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Jean PEPIN dit LACHANCE   and   Madeleine FONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Antoine PEPIN and Marie TESTU (TESTE) (maternal)  Étienne FONTAINE and Marie CONILLE

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

Jean-Marie  married  Marie-Madeleine PARÉ 9 February 1750 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Madeleine PARÉ  was born 2 September 1727 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre).  Marie-Madeleine died 25 November 1799 in St-Ferréol, Canada.  Marie-Madeleine was the child of Prisque PARÉ and Marie-Marguerite MESNY.

Jean-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 25 May 1811 in St-Ferréol les Neiges, Quebec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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