Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. 10 June 1763 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 November 1840 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 10 June 1763 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Pierre-Noel PEPIN and Marie-Charlotte RONDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marguerite FONTAINE (maternal) Étienne RONDEAU and Louise-Marie-Gabrielle MOREAU

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

Gabriel married Marie CHATIGNY 23 November 1785 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie CHATIGNY was born 3 January 1760 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie died 27 November 1841 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marie was the child of Pierre CHATIGNY and Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE).

Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 13 November 1840 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Marie CHATIGNY-- Date: 23 November 1785 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie CHATIGNY was the child of Pierre CHATIGNY and Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE)

Children of Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie CHATIGNY:

Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.3 July 1798, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. 24 March 1881, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine BLOUIN 2 August 1819 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1763 Birth
10 June 1763
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie CHATIGNY 23 November 1785, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 22 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 3 July 1798, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Gabriel was 35 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage of Child
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE married 2 August 1819, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Madeleine BLOUIN

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England