Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE

(b. abt. 1731 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 March 1806 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE was the child of François BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Madeleine RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Geneviève HAYOT (maternal) Jean-Bernard RENAUD and Marie-Jeanne DERY

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Louis married Marie-Geneviève ROY 22 February 1751 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Marie-Geneviève ROY was born 23 February 1733 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 19 November 1805 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jacques ROY dit CHOIGNY and Marguerite LALONGE.

Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE died 14 March 1806 in L'Assomption, 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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Family and Children of Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE

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Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE married

Marie-Geneviève ROY-- Date: 22 February 1751 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
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Marie-Geneviève ROY was the child of Jacques ROY dit CHOIGNY and Marguerite LALONGE

Children of Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Geneviève ROY:

Francois BERARD dit LÉPINE (b.24 November 1755, Verchères, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Catherine LAFOREST 7 January 1788 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE (b.13 February 1757, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 13 November 1815, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte MORISSEAU 16 October 1780 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marie-Catherine BERARD dite LÉPINE (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 January 1814, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre LOYER dit DESNOYERS 4 February 1788 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1751 Marriage / Partner
Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Geneviève ROY 22 February 1751, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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

1755 Birth of Child
Francois BERARD dit LÉPINE was born 24 November 1755, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE was born 13 February 1757, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE married 16 October 1780, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Marie-Josephte MORISSEAU

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Francois BERARD dit LÉPINE married 7 January 1788 , Detroit, Michigan, USA to Catherine LAFOREST

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine BERARD dite LÉPINE married 4 February 1788, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Pierre LOYER dit DESNOYERS