Joseph-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. 19 June 1725 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 November 1796 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 19 June 1725 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph-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):

Joseph-Marie married Genevieve PARÉ 2 February 1750 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Genevieve PARÉ was born 5 January 1730 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Genevieve died 20 January 1777 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Timothee PARE and Geneviève BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE).

Joseph-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 18 November 1796 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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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Joseph-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Genevieve PARÉ-- Date: 2 February 1750 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Genevieve PARÉ was the child of Timothee PARE and Geneviève BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE)

Children of Joseph-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Genevieve PARÉ:

Joseph Marie PEPIN (b.7 February 1752, St-Féréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada d. 3 April 1806, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)
m. Genevieve RACINE 13 February 1775 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.28 March 1756, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1791, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte POULIN 2 February 1778 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE (b.5 July 1761, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada d. 5 March 1790, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Etienne RACINE 3 February 1778 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe PEPIN dite LACHANCE (b.27 September 1763, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 July 1795, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Marie TALON dit LESPERANCE 4 February 1782 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1725 Birth
19 June 1725
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Genevieve PARÉ 2 February 1750, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 24 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Joseph Marie PEPIN was born 7 February 1752, St-Féréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Marie was 26 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 28 March 1756, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph-Marie was 30 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 5 July 1761, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie was 36 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 27 September 1763, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie was 38 years old.

1775 Marriage of Child
Joseph Marie PEPIN married 13 February 1775, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Genevieve RACINE

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.

1777 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve PARÉ died 20 January 1777, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1778 Marriage of Child
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE married 2 February 1778, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephte POULIN

1778 Marriage of Child
Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE married 3 February 1778, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Etienne RACINE

1782 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe PEPIN dite LACHANCE married 4 February 1782, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Jean-Marie TALON dit LESPERANCE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Death of Child
Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE died 5 March 1790, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph-Marie was 64 years old.

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

1791 Death of Child
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 15 March 1791, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie was 65 years old.

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

1795 Death of Child
Marie-Josephe PEPIN dite LACHANCE died 29 July 1795, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie was 70 years old.

1796 Death
18 November 1796
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 71.

Added: 11/28/2020 10:41:10 AM - Updated: 4/12/2024 1:09:16 PM