Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS

(b. 1 October 1717 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 14 September 1777 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS was born 1 October 1717 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS was the child of Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS and Marguerite CASAVANT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU (LOYSEAU) (maternal) Jean-Roch CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE and Jeanne CHARPENTIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Angélique BLAIN 7 February 1751 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angélique BLAIN was born 10 November 1731 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Angélique died 22 April 1803 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Angélique was the child of Louis BLAIN dit HABLIN and Marie-Madeleine LUMINEAU (MINEAU).

Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS died 14 September 1777 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS

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Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS married

Angélique BLAIN-- Date: 7 February 1751 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Angélique BLAIN was the child of Louis BLAIN dit HABLIN and Marie-Madeleine LUMINEAU (MINEAU)

Children of Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS and Angélique BLAIN:

François PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS (b.15 February 1755, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1816, Contrecœur, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Judith GREGOIRE dite VALENTIN 3 February 1777 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Josephe PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS (b.5 February 1757, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 28 August 1811, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROCHERS 8 October 1781 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Catherine PEPIN (b.24 January 1764, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE 23 November 1789 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1717 Birth
1 October 1717
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS and Angélique BLAIN 7 February 1751, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 33 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
François PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS was born 15 February 1755, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS was born 5 February 1757, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine PEPIN was born 24 January 1764, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean-Baptiste was 46 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.