Marie-Louise BERARD dite LEPINE

(b. 25 February 1730 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1800 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise BERARD dite LEPINE was born 25 February 1730 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise BERARD dite LEPINE was the child of Pierre BÉRARD and Marie-Catherine JOLY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE) (maternal) Julien JOLY dit LAFOREST and Catherine VANET dite PARISIEN

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

Marie-Louise married Joseph-Marie VALOIS 1 May 1752 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie VALOIS was born 6 April 1723 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Joseph-Marie died 11 January 1815 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Joseph-Marie was the child of Jacques VALOIS dit GRANDCHAMP and Marguerite CARPENTIER.

Marie-Louise BERARD dite LEPINE died 29 May 1800 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada .

m. Valois Joseph-Marie

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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-Louise BERARD dite LEPINE married

Joseph-Marie VALOIS-- Date: 1 May 1752 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Joseph-Marie VALOIS was the child of Jacques VALOIS dit GRANDCHAMP and Marguerite CARPENTIER

Children of Joseph-Marie VALOIS and Marie-Louise BERARD dite LEPINE:

Antoine-Regis VALOIS (b.10 July 1765, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 July 1833, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Amable-Felicite MASSE 20 July 1795 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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1730 Birth
25 February 1730
Sorel, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise BERARD dite LEPINE and Joseph-Marie VALOIS 1 May 1752, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She was 22 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Antoine-Regis VALOIS was born 10 July 1765, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Louise was 35 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)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Marriage of Child
Antoine-Regis VALOIS married 20 July 1795, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Amable-Felicite MASSE