Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN

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2 July 1771 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

2 December 1834 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN Charlotte CHAPDELAINE

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Born: 2 July 1771 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN

Mother: Charlotte CHAPDELAINE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Charles-Antoine HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN , Marie-Brigitte EMERY dite CODERRE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE , Marie-Charlotte COUTU (COTTU)

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Antoine married Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE 25 September 1797 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE was born 31 July 1779 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Françoise died 24 July 1824 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Françoise was the child of Paul COCHON (CAUCHON) dit LAMOTHE and Marie-Anne LEGARE.

Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN died 2 December 1834 in Saint-Ours, 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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Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN married

Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE
Marriage date: 25 September 1797
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE was the child of Paul COCHON (CAUCHON) dit LAMOTHE and Marie-Anne LEGARE

Children of Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN and Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE

Emmanuel POTVIN (ARPIN)

Born: 15 September 1809, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Romain PAQUET 29 January 1833 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1771
2 July 1771
Saint-Ours, 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)

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

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

1797 Marriage / Partner
Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN and Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE 25 September 1797, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 26 years old.

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

1809 Birth of Child
Emmanuel POTVIN (ARPIN) was born 15 September 1809, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Antoine was 38 years old.

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