Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN

(b. 7 August 1748 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 12 February 1806 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN was born 7 August 1748 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN was the child of Pierre-Charles-Antoine HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Marie-Brigitte EMERY dite CODERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ARPIN dit POITEVIN and Marguerite TRUCHON dite LÉVEILLÉ (maternal) Louis EMERY dit CODERRE and Marie-Elisabeth MENARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Antoine-Marie married Charlotte CHAPDELAINE 24 September 1770 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charlotte CHAPDELAINE was born 16 April 1752 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charlotte died 17 September 1830 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Charlotte COUTU (COTTU).

Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN died 12 February 1806 in Saint-Ours, 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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Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN married

Charlotte CHAPDELAINE-- Date: 24 September 1770 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Charlotte CHAPDELAINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Charlotte COUTU (COTTU)

Children of Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN and Charlotte CHAPDELAINE:

Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN (b.2 July 1771, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 December 1834, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE 25 September 1797 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Charlotte ARPIN dite POTVIN (b.26 September 1787, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste GAREAU dit ST-ONGE 28 July 1806 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1748 Birth
7 August 1748
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

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

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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN and Charlotte CHAPDELAINE 24 September 1770, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 22 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN was born 2 July 1771, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Antoine-Marie was 22 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Charlotte ARPIN dite POTVIN was born 26 September 1787, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Antoine-Marie was 39 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN married 25 September 1797, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE

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