Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN

(b. 12 July 1753 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 1 June 1812 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN was born 12 July 1753 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN was the child of Jean-Pierre HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Marie-Angélique THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Agnes MARTIN (maternal) Nicolas THIBAULT and Marie-Thérèse MASTA

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Marie-Ours married Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT 7 October 1776 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT was born abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève died 20 October 1814 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Geneviève was the child of Jacques PONTICHERAT (POUCHEROT) dit GAMARD and Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX.

Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN died 1 June 1812 in Saint-Ours, 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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Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN married

Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT-- Date: 7 October 1776 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT was the child of Jacques PONTICHERAT (POUCHEROT) dit GAMARD and Marie-Josephe PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

Children of Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT:

Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN (b.25 September 1778, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE 4 February 1799 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Ours-Marie ARPIN (b.23 July 1781, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite THERRIEN 7 February 1803 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1753 Birth
12 July 1753
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

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 - 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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT 7 October 1776 , Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 23 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN was born 25 September 1778, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Ours was 25 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Ours-Marie ARPIN was born 23 July 1781, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Ours was 28 years old.

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
Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN married 4 February 1799, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Ours-Marie ARPIN married 7 February 1803, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marguerite THERRIEN