Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE

Born

4 February 1730 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

7 March 1786 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE Madeleine-Louise LEPAGE

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Born: 4 February 1730 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Mother: Madeleine-Louise LEPAGE

Paternal grandparents: Ignace PEPIN dit LACHANCE , Marie-Angélique LEFORT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LEPAGE , Claire RACINE

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Louise married Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR 30 August 1751 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR was born 13 July 1722 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis LEVASSEUR and Geneviève HUARD.

Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE died 7 March 1786 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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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Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE married

Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR
Marriage date: 30 August 1751
Marriage place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR was the child of Louis LEVASSEUR and Geneviève HUARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR and Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE

Louise LEVASSEUR

Born: 14 June 1752, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 1 June 1802, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Michel SAUVAGEAU 21 August 1770 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1730
4 February 1730
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE and Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR 30 August 1751, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Louise LEVASSEUR was born 14 June 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louise was 22 years old.

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

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Louise LEVASSEUR married 21 August 1770, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Michel SAUVAGEAU

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.