Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE

(b. 21 April 1736 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 December 1802 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 21 April 1736 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE was the child of Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Madeleine-Louise LEPAGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Angélique LEFORT (maternal) Joseph LEPAGE and Claire RACINE

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Josephte married Joseph DOMPIERRE dit ST-MARTIN 12 November 1757 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DOMPIERRE dit ST-MARTIN was born 21 September 1739 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 13 April 1816 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph was the child of Joseph DOMPIERRE dit ST-MARTIN and Hélène BILODEAU.

Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE died 17 December 1802 in Saint-François-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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Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE married

Joseph DOMPIERRE dit ST-MARTIN-- Date: 12 November 1757 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Joseph DOMPIERRE dit ST-MARTIN was the child of Joseph DOMPIERRE dit ST-MARTIN and Hélène BILODEAU

Children of Joseph DOMPIERRE dit ST-MARTIN and Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE:

Geneviève DOMPIERRE dite ST-MARTIN (b.24 September 1775, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET) 22 November 1799 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

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1736 Birth
21 April 1736
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Josephte PEPIN dite LACHANCE and Joseph DOMPIERRE dit ST-MARTIN 12 November 1757, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

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.

1775 Birth of Child
Geneviève DOMPIERRE dite ST-MARTIN was born 24 September 1775, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 39 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)

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

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

1799 Marriage of Child
Geneviève DOMPIERRE dite ST-MARTIN married 22 November 1799, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Pierre BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET)

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