Jean-Francois PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. 30 March 1727 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 11 February 1811 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Francois PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 30 March 1727 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Francois PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Madeleine BLOUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Renee GUYON (maternal) Mery (Mederic) (Emery) BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie CARREAU

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Jean-Francois married Madeleine BLANCHARD 13 October 1750 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . Madeleine BLANCHARD was born 27 July 1728 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 23 September 1799 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Madeleine was the child of Alexandre BLANCHARD and Angelique CHARRON dite LAFERRIERE.

Jean-Francois PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 11 February 1811 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada .

m. Blanchard Madeleine

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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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Madeleine BLANCHARD-- Date: 13 October 1750 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Madeleine BLANCHARD was the child of Alexandre BLANCHARD and Angelique CHARRON dite LAFERRIERE

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1727 Birth
30 March 1727
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Francois PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Madeleine BLANCHARD 13 October 1750 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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.

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.