François
PEPIN dit LACHANCE
(b.
25 October 1785
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
9 September 1843
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
)
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François PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 25 October 1785 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
François PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Anne HEBERT dite LECOMPTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais PEPIN and Angelique BLOUIN (maternal) Louis HÉBERT dit LECOMTE and Marie-Catherine CANTIN (QUENTIN)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Josephte DROUIN 18 August 1806 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte DROUIN was born 1 April 1775 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste DROUIN and Marie-Josephte ROBERGE.
François PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 9 September 1843 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of François appear below.
Occupation
François PEPIN dit LACHANCE was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
François PEPIN dit LACHANCE was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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