Marie-Louise PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS

(b. 28 June 1726 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 24 January 1782 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS was born 28 June 1726 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS was the child of Michel PEPIN and Louise PATENAUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU (LOYSEAU) (maternal) Pierre PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE) and Catherine BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR

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Marie-Louise married Louis VETU 19 January 1752 in Verchères, Canada, New France . Louis VETU was born 9 March 1727 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Louis was the child of Jacques-Philippe VETU dit BELAIRE and Marie-Anne LAROCHE.

Marie-Louise married (2) Jean-Baptiste COCHU 11 July 1763 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste COCHU was born 25 April 1736 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre COCHU and Angélique CANTARA.

Marie-Louise PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS died 24 January 1782 in Verchères, 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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Louis VETU-- Date: 19 January 1752 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Louis VETU was the child of Jacques-Philippe VETU dit BELAIRE and Marie-Anne LAROCHE

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Jean-Baptiste COCHU-- Date: 11 July 1763 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste COCHU was the child of Pierre COCHU and Angélique CANTARA

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1726 Birth
28 June 1726
Verchères, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS and Louis VETU 19 January 1752, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 25 years old.

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS and Jean-Baptiste COCHU 11 July 1763, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 37 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.