Michel LAMOTHE dit LEPELLE

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25 October 1758 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

5 May 1848 , Nicolet, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste LEPELLE dit LAMOTHE Françoise-Ursule BEAUDRY dite LAMARCHE

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Born: 25 October 1758 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste LEPELLE dit LAMOTHE

Mother: Françoise-Ursule BEAUDRY dite LAMARCHE

Paternal grandparents: Alexis LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS (DESMARAIS) , Marie-Jeanne BIGOT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BEAUDRY dit LAMARCHE , Françoise LECLERC dite FLEURENT

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Michel married Angélique PINARD 27 February 1786 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Angélique PINARD was born 3 May 1766 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Angélique died 24 December 1842 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Angélique was the child of Jean-Baptiste PINARD and Marie-Antoinette PROULX.

Michel LAMOTHE dit LEPELLE died 5 May 1848 in Nicolet, Canada East .
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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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Michel LAMOTHE dit LEPELLE married

Angélique PINARD
Marriage date: 27 February 1786
Marriage place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique PINARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste PINARD and Marie-Antoinette PROULX

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Birth — 1758
25 October 1758
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Michel LAMOTHE dit LEPELLE and Angélique PINARD 27 February 1786, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 27 years old.

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

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

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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