Gervais
PEPIN dit LACHANCE
(b.
10 April 1741
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
d.
6 September 1832
,
Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
)
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Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 10 April 1741 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Jacques PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Thérèse LESSARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Madeleine FONTAINE (maternal) Étienne LESSARD and Thérèse RACINESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gervais married Genevieve CARON 15 February 1773 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve CARON was born 9 January 1751 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Genevieve died 13 February 1790 in St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste CARON and Marie PARÉ.
Gervais married (2) Marie Charlotte PARÉ dite LAMOTHE 9 May 1791 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Charlotte PARÉ dite LAMOTHE was born 7 June 1768 in St-Ferréol, Quebec, Canada. Marie Charlotte died 9 September 1832 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie Charlotte was the child of Timothee PARÉ and Françoise BOUCHER.
Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 6 September 1832 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Gervais appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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