flag male ancestor  Gervais  PEPIN dit LACHANCE

  (b. 15 August 1779 Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 7 May 1861 St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada )  

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Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 15 August 1779 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE   and   Genevieve CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Thérèse LESSARD (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste CARON and Marie PARÉ

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Gervais  married  Marie-Josephte RACINE 8 November 1802 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte RACINE  was born 18 September 1782 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre).  Marie-Josephte died 15 November 1857 in St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada.  Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles-Jerome RACINE and Josephte PARE.

Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 7 May 1861 in St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Gervais appear below.

Occupation

Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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)

Family and Children of Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE

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Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE married flag female ancestor Marie-Josephte RACINE-- Date: 8 November 1802 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte RACINE was the child of Charles-Jerome RACINE and Josephte PARE




Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec


Children of Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Josephte RACINE:

flag male ancestor Olivier PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.15 April 1813, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada  d. 21 May 1902, St-Tite-des-Caps, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie Thecle LACROIX 27 April 1841



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birth1779 Birth
15 August 1779
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1802 Marriage / Partner
Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Josephte RACINE 8 November 1802, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 23 years old.
1813 Birth of Child
Olivier PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 15 April 1813, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

Gervais was 33 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte RACINE died 15 November 1857, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada
death1861 Death
7 May 1861
St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 4/8/2024 9:13:07 AM - Updated: 4/8/2024 9:15:03 AM

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