Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Born

7 May 1723 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

22 May 1802 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE Marie-Madeleine BLOUIN

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Born: 7 May 1723 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine BLOUIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean PEPIN dit LACHANCE , Renee GUYON

Maternal grandparents: Mery (Mederic) (Emery) BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE , Marie CARREAU

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Antoine married Marie-Françoise ELIE 30 April 1749 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise ELIE was born 20 November 1729 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise died 23 June 1773 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise was the child of Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD.

Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 22 May 1802 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada .

m. Elie Marie-Francoise
m. Jacques Marie-Anne

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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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Marie-Françoise ELIE
Marriage date: 30 April 1749
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise ELIE was the child of Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD

Children of Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Françoise ELIE

Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Born: abt. 1762, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 July 1824, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL 9 October 1781 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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Birth — 1723
7 May 1723
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Françoise ELIE 30 April 1749, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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.

1773 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Françoise ELIE died 23 June 1773, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE married 9 October 1781, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL

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)

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

Death — 1802
22 May 1802
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 79.

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