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 )

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Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 10 August 1748 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste 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

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 26 July 1773 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was born 28 April 1753 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 4 April 1783 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Louise ADAM.

Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 28 May 1800 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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Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)-- Date: 26 July 1773 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Louise ADAM

Children of Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE):

Marie-Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE (b.27 July 1777, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 March 1848, St-Anselme, Quebec, Canada)
m. André MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 25 September 1798 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1748 Birth
10 August 1748
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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 26 July 1773, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 24 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 27 July 1777, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1783 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) died 4 April 1783, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE married 25 September 1798, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to André MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

1800 Death
28 May 1800
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 51.

Added: 4/11/2021 9:14:35 AM - Updated: 4/11/2021 9:18:42 AM