Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Born

15 August 1779 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

7 May 1861 , St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

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Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE Genevieve CARON

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Born: 15 August 1779 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Mother: Genevieve CARON

Paternal grandparents: Jacques PEPIN dit LACHANCE , Thérèse LESSARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CARON , 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.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: 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

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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Spouse & Children of Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE

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Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Marie-Josephte RACINE
Marriage date: 8 November 1802
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte RACINE was the child of Charles-Jerome RACINE and Josephte PARE

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Children of Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Josephte RACINE

Olivier PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Born: 15 April 1813, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada
Died: 21 May 1902, St-Tite-des-Caps, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marie Thecle LACROIX 27 April 1841

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Birth — 1779
15 August 1779
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1802 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.

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