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

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François PEPIN dit LACHANCE Josephte DROUIN

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Born: 2 September 1813 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Father: François PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Mother: Josephte DROUIN

Paternal grandparents: Gervais PEPIN dit LACHANCE , Marie-Anne HEBERT dite LECOMPTE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DROUIN , Marie-Josephte ROBERGE

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Louis married Monique BOUCHARD 17 October 1838 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Monique BOUCHARD was born 21 April 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Monique died 2 November 1876 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Monique was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Emerentienne BOIVIN.

Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 29 June 1845 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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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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Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Monique BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 17 October 1838
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Monique BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Emerentienne BOIVIN

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Children of Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Monique BOUCHARD

Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Born: 23 September 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 11 May 1903, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie TREMBLAY 3 February 1862 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1813
2 September 1813
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Monique BOUCHARD 17 October 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 23 September 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis was 26 years old.

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)