François PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Born

25 October 1785 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

9 September 1843 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE Marie-Anne HEBERT dite LECOMPTE

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Born: 25 October 1785 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Mother: Marie-Anne HEBERT dite LECOMPTE

Paternal grandparents: Gervais PEPIN , Angelique BLOUIN

Maternal grandparents: Louis HÉBERT dit LECOMTE , Marie-Catherine CANTIN (QUENTIN)

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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 .
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Recorded occupation: 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 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 François PEPIN dit LACHANCE

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François PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Josephte DROUIN
Marriage date: 18 August 1806
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Josephte DROUIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste DROUIN and Marie-Josephte ROBERGE

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Children of François PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Josephte DROUIN

Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Born: 2 September 1813, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Died: 29 June 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Married: Monique BOUCHARD 17 October 1838 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1785
25 October 1785
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
François PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Josephte DROUIN 18 August 1806, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 2 September 1813, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

François was 27 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Marriage of Child
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE married 17 October 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Monique BOUCHARD

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada