Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. abt. 1709 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 June 1770 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born abt. 1709 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marguerite FONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PEPIN and Marie TESTU (TESTE) (maternal) Étienne FONTAINE and Marie CONILLE

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Joseph married Marguerite FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU) 9 September 1737 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU) was born 17 June 1718 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marguerite died 10 November 1781 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marguerite was the child of Gabriel FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU) and Marguerite ROY.

Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 18 June 1770 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Marguerite FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU)-- Date: 9 September 1737 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marguerite FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU) was the child of Gabriel FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU) and Marguerite ROY

Children of Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marguerite FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU):

Jean-Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.1 June 1743, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1798, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise HALEAU dite DEVEAU 27 September 1791 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Augustin PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.27 September 1753, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 2 August 1839, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite THIVIERGE 20 November 1780 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1737 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marguerite FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU) 9 September 1737, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

1743 Birth of Child
Jean-Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 1 June 1743, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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

1753 Birth of Child
Augustin PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 27 September 1753, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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.