Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE

Born

24 September 1733 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

26 August 1812 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE Marie-Madeleine BLOUIN

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Born: 24 September 1733 in Québec, 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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Joseph married Suzanne BELAND 9 August 1762 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada . Suzanne BELAND was born 31 May 1745 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Suzanne died 31 January 1823 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Suzanne was the child of Joseph BÉLAND and Angélique-Marguerite-Marie BONODEAU dite CHATELLERAULT.

Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 26 August 1812 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada .

m. Beland Suzanne

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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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Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Suzanne BELAND
Marriage date: 9 August 1762
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada
Suzanne BELAND was the child of Joseph BÉLAND and Angélique-Marguerite-Marie BONODEAU dite CHATELLERAULT

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Birth — 1733
24 September 1733
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Suzanne BELAND 9 August 1762 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 28 years old.

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.