Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE

(b. 22 December 1715 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 6 June 1768 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE was born 22 December 1715 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE was the child of Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Angélique DÉSORCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE) (maternal) Michel DÉSORCY and Marie-Françoise GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Gabriel married Anne-Celeste DERAINVILLE 30 October 1752 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . Anne-Celeste DERAINVILLE was born 7 March 1726 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Anne-Celeste died 19 July 1771 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Anne-Celeste was the child of René RAINVILLE and Anne-Céleste CARPENTIER.

Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE died 6 June 1768 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, 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 BÉRARD dit LEPINE married

Anne-Celeste DERAINVILLE-- Date: 30 October 1752 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
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Anne-Celeste DERAINVILLE was the child of René RAINVILLE and Anne-Céleste CARPENTIER

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1715 Birth
22 December 1715
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

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

1752 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Anne-Celeste DERAINVILLE 30 October 1752, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 36 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.