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 )

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Charles-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 24 June 1751 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Charles-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Elisabeth BIDET dite DESROUSSELS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais PEPIN and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER (maternal) Jacques BIDET dit DESROUSSELS and Françoise ALLAIRE

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

Charles-Marie married Marie-Louise-Angelique ELIE dite BRETON 11 April 1774 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise-Angelique ELIE dite BRETON was born 30 August 1753 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise-Angelique died 15 January 1811 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise-Angelique was the child of Pierre-Marie ELIE and Françoise BOUCHARD dite DORVAL.

Charles-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 25 April 1811 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Charles-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Marie-Louise-Angelique ELIE dite BRETON-- Date: 11 April 1774 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise-Angelique ELIE dite BRETON was the child of Pierre-Marie ELIE and Françoise BOUCHARD dite DORVAL

Children of Charles-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Louise-Angelique ELIE dite BRETON:

Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.8 April 1779, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte-Madeleine BETIL 5 August 1806 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Isabelle PEPIN dite LACHANCE (b.30 March 1784, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 April 1862, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Clement ROYER 30 July 1805 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1751 Birth
24 June 1751
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Charles-Marie PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Louise-Angelique ELIE dite BRETON 11 April 1774, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He 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.

1779 Birth of Child
Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 8 April 1779, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles-Marie was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Isabelle PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 30 March 1784, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles-Marie was 32 years old.

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

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

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

1805 Marriage of Child
Isabelle PEPIN dite LACHANCE married 30 July 1805, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Clement ROYER

1806 Marriage of Child
Charles PEPIN dit LACHANCE married 5 August 1806, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephte-Madeleine BETIL