Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. abt. 1762 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 July 1824 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada

Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Françoise ELIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Madeleine BLOUIN (maternal) Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD

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Charles married Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL 9 October 1781 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL was born 24 June 1761 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Josephte died 27 February 1824 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Josephte was the child of Germain ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL and Angelique DUBEAU.

Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 24 July 1824 in Sainte-Marie, 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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Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL-- Date: 9 October 1781 Place: Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL was the child of Germain ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL and Angelique DUBEAU

Children of Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL:

Marie-Josephe LACHANCE dite PEPIN (b.26 August 1782, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 April 1865, St-Elzear, Beauce, Quebec, Canada)
m. Jacques DROUIN 17 February 1806 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.18 March 1795, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 1 January 1869, St-Georges de Beauce, Quebec, Canada)
m. Helen VACHON dite POMERLEAU 27 July 1819 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Josephte ISOIRE dite PROVENÇAL 9 October 1781, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

1782 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe LACHANCE dite PEPIN was born 26 August 1782, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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 Birth of Child
Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 18 March 1795, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe LACHANCE dite PEPIN married 17 February 1806, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Jacques DROUIN

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage of Child
Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE married 27 July 1819, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Helen VACHON dite POMERLEAU

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England