Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. 28 February 1705 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 20 September 1762 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada )

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Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 28 February 1705 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Gervais PEPIN and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PEPIN and Marie TESTU (TESTE) (maternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX

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Antoine married Marie-Elisabeth BIDET dite DESROUSSELS 23 April 1739 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Elisabeth BIDET dite DESROUSSELS was born 12 September 1716 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth died 16 December 1762 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Jacques BIDET dit DESROUSSELS and Françoise ALLAIRE.

Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 20 September 1762 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Marie-Elisabeth BIDET dite DESROUSSELS-- Date: 23 April 1739 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Elisabeth BIDET dite DESROUSSELS was the child of Jacques BIDET dit DESROUSSELS and Françoise ALLAIRE

Children of Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Elisabeth BIDET dite DESROUSSELS:

Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.10 August 1748, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1800, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 26 July 1773 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.24 June 1751, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 25 April 1811, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Louise-Angelique ELIE dite BRETON 11 April 1774 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1705 Birth
28 February 1705
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Elisabeth BIDET dite DESROUSSELS 23 April 1739, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 34 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 10 August 1748, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 43 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Charles-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 24 June 1751, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 46 years old.

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