Louis PEPIN

(b. 1 May 1746 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 11 June 1815 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Louis PEPIN was born 1 May 1746 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Louis PEPIN was the child of Jacques PEPIN and Marie-Josephe POUTRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques PEPIN and Elisabeth DUFRESNE (maternal) Pierre POUTRE dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne FORAND

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

Louis married Marie-Charlotte SYLVAIN 14 February 1774 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte SYLVAIN was born abt. 1756 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Charlotte died 3 April 1825 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Pierre SYLVAIN dit LAROSE and Marie-Renee MERCIER.

Louis PEPIN died 11 June 1815 in Châteauguay, 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.

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Louis PEPIN married

Marie-Charlotte SYLVAIN-- Date: 14 February 1774 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte SYLVAIN was the child of Pierre SYLVAIN dit LAROSE and Marie-Renee MERCIER

Children of Louis PEPIN and Marie-Charlotte SYLVAIN:

Emmanuel PEPIN (b.25 September 1785, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 December 1846, Iberville, Canada East )
m. Marie-Louise CHARTRAND 28 September 1807 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1746 Birth
1 May 1746
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Louis PEPIN and Marie-Charlotte SYLVAIN 14 February 1774 , Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 27 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Emmanuel PEPIN was born 25 September 1785, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Louis was 39 years old.

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)

1807 Marriage of Child
Emmanuel PEPIN married 28 September 1807, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Marie-Louise CHARTRAND