Pierre LEPELLE dit LAMOTHE

Born

10 January 1753 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

11 September 1832 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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

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Born: 10 January 1753 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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Pierre married Catherine BOUVET 3 April 1780 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine BOUVET was born 2 October 1746 in Forgues-du-St-Maurice, Quebec, Canada. Catherine died 23 October 1834 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Catherine was the child of Pierre BOUVET and Catherine-Louise BÉRIAU (BERIAULT).

Pierre LEPELLE dit LAMOTHE died 11 September 1832 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Pierre LEPELLE dit LAMOTHE married

Catherine BOUVET
Marriage date: 3 April 1780
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine BOUVET was the child of Pierre BOUVET and Catherine-Louise BÉRIAU (BERIAULT)

Children of Pierre LEPELLE dit LAMOTHE and Catherine BOUVET

Marguerite LAMOTHE

Born: 28 November 1782, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 30 May 1848, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Joseph HÉBERT 31 January 1803 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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Birth — 1753
10 January 1753
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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEPELLE dit LAMOTHE and Catherine BOUVET 3 April 1780, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 27 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Marguerite LAMOTHE was born 28 November 1782, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Pierre was 29 years old.