Pierre BÉRARD dit LEPINE

(b. December 31, 1769 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. June 10, 1833 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BÉRARD dit LEPINE was born December 31, 1769 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre BÉRARD dit LEPINE was the child of François BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Angélique MOREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BÉRARD and Marie-Catherine JOLY (maternal) Antoine MOREAU and Madeleine BRÛLÉ

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Pierre married Marie-Madeleine CHIVETTE . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine CHIVETTE was born 7 December 1769 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Madeleine died abt. 1833 Marie-Madeleine was the child of Etienne CHEVRETTE and Marie-Madeleine GUYON.

Pierre BÉRARD dit LEPINE died June 10, 1833 in Québec, 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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Marie-Madeleine CHIVETTE-- Place:
Marie-Madeleine CHIVETTE was the child of Etienne CHEVRETTE and Marie-Madeleine GUYON

Children of Pierre BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Madeleine CHIVETTE:

Marie BÉRARD dite LEPINE (b.8 September 1786, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Florent GIASSON 10 January 1809 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1769 Birth
December 31, 1769
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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 Birth of Child
Marie BÉRARD dite LEPINE was born 8 September 1786, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 16 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)

1809 Marriage of Child
Marie BÉRARD dite LEPINE married 10 January 1809, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Florent GIASSON

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