Louis BOURRET dit LEPINE

(b. abt. 1736 , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 December 1821 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Louis BOURRET dit LEPINE was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis BOURRET dit LEPINE was the child of François BOURRÉ (BOURRET) dit LÉPINE and Marie BERGEVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BOURRÉ (BOURRET) and Anne PARADIS (maternal) Louis BERGEVIN and Marguerite TESSIER

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Louis married Therese BOILARD 19 October 1761 in Beaumont, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese BOILARD was born 5 October 1743 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Therese was the child of Mathurin BOILARD and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Louis BOURRET dit LEPINE died 31 December 1821 in Louiseville, 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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Louis BOURRET dit LEPINE married

Therese BOILARD-- Date: 19 October 1761 Place: Beaumont, Canada
Therese BOILARD was the child of Mathurin BOILARD and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Children of Louis BOURRET dit LEPINE and Therese BOILARD:

Therese BOURRET (b.5 August 1764, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 April 1825, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. François-Amable DUPRAS (PRATTE) 26 November 1787 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Louis BOURRET dit LEPINE and Therese BOILARD 19 October 1761, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Therese BOURRET was born 5 August 1764, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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)

1787 Marriage of Child
Therese BOURRET married 26 November 1787, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to François-Amable DUPRAS (PRATTE)

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)

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England