Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE

(b. 8 February 1718 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 9 February 1796 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 8 February 1718 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Rose LEPAGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Angélique LEFORT (maternal) Louis LEPAGE and Sebastienne LOIGNON

Antoine had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Antoine married Geneviève ARBOUR 3 November 1745 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève ARBOUR was born abt. 1729 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève died 18 July 1812 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Geneviève was the child of Michel ARBOUR and Geneviève FREGEAU dite LA PLANCHE.

Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 9 February 1796 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE married

Geneviève ARBOUR-- Date: 3 November 1745 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Geneviève ARBOUR was the child of Michel ARBOUR and Geneviève FREGEAU dite LA PLANCHE

Children of Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Geneviève ARBOUR:

Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.20 November 1751, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1829, La Présentation, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite ROBICHAUD 24 February 1772 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1718 Birth
8 February 1718
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1745 Marriage / Partner
Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Geneviève ARBOUR 3 November 1745, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 27 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 20 November 1751, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Antoine was 33 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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Antoine PEPIN dit LACHANCE married 24 February 1772, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Marguerite ROBICHAUD

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.