Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE

(b. 5 July 1761 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada d. 5 March 1790 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 5 July 1761 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada

Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE was the child of Joseph-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Genevieve PARÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Madeleine FONTAINE (maternal) Timothee PARE and Geneviève BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE)

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Marguerite married Etienne RACINE 3 February 1778 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Etienne RACINE was born 22 May 1756 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Etienne died 15 September 1824 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Etienne was the child of Etienne RACINE and Genevieve LACROIX.

Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE died 5 March 1790 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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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Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE married

Etienne RACINE-- Date: 3 February 1778 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada
Etienne RACINE was the child of Etienne RACINE and Genevieve LACROIX

Children of Etienne RACINE and Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE:

Marie-Geneveive RACINE (b.18 February 1782, Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 November 1841, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada East )
m. Pierre PARE 27 January 1807 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Marie-Felicite RACINE (b.5 December 1785, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 November 1820, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Augustin PARE 13 February 1809 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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1761 Birth
5 July 1761
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PEPIN dite LACHANCE and Etienne RACINE 3 February 1778, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneveive RACINE was born 18 February 1782, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marguerite was 20 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite RACINE was born 5 December 1785, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Marguerite was 24 years old.