Jean-Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. 15 September 1704 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 10 October 1778 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 15 September 1704 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Joseph 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

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Jean-Joseph married Marie-Louise MARCHAND 19 November 1731 in Québec Province, Canada . Marie-Louise MARCHAND was born 23 January 1710 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 18 March 1787 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marie-Louise was the child of Valentin MARCHAND and Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER).

Jean-Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 10 October 1778 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of 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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Marie-Louise MARCHAND-- Date: 19 November 1731 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Louise MARCHAND was the child of Valentin MARCHAND and Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER)

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1704 Birth
15 September 1704
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1731 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Louise MARCHAND 19 November 1731, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 27 years old.

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

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.

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.