Helene HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN

(b. 3 February 1764 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 May 1836 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Helene HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN was born 3 February 1764 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Helene HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN was the child of Pierre-Charles-Antoine HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Marie-Brigitte EMERY dite CODERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ARPIN dit POITEVIN and Marguerite TRUCHON dite LÉVEILLÉ (maternal) Louis EMERY dit CODERRE and Marie-Elisabeth MENARD

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

Helene married Joseph-Toussaint LAMOUREUX 29 September 1783 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Toussaint LAMOUREUX was born 1 November 1759 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Joseph-Toussaint died 2 December 1824 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Joseph-Toussaint was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAMOUREUX and Marie-Angélique ALLAIRE.

Helene HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN died 14 May 1836 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada .
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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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Helene HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN married

Joseph-Toussaint LAMOUREUX-- Date: 29 September 1783 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Toussaint LAMOUREUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAMOUREUX and Marie-Angélique ALLAIRE

Children of Joseph-Toussaint LAMOUREUX and Helene HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN:

Pierre-Emmanuel LAMOUREUX (b.8 February 1798, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 18 May 1880, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Sophie DEGUIRE 18 June 1821 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1764 Birth
3 February 1764
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Helene HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN and Joseph-Toussaint LAMOUREUX 29 September 1783, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 19 years old.

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)

1798 Birth of Child
Pierre-Emmanuel LAMOUREUX was born 8 February 1798, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Helene was 34 years old.

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

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