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 1652 - 1722 (69 years)
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| Name |
Pierre (dit LaForce) Pepin |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
29 Dec 1652 |
Trois Rivieres, Canada  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
2 Apr 1722 |
Trois Rivieres, Canada |
| Person ID |
I03098 |
Tombeau Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2007 |
| Father |
Guillaume ( dit Tranchemortagne) Pepin, b. 1607, St. Laurent de la Baviere, diocese of Saintes, France , d. 12 Aug 1697, Trois Rivieres, Canada (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Marie Mechin, b. Abt 1630, d. Abt 1677, Trois Rivieres, Canada (?) (Age 47 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1645 |
| Notes |
- Nothing further in Tanguay about this woman. See her husband's note section for information from Tanquay's gnealogical dictionary.
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| Family ID |
F3697 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Louise Lemire, b. 10 May 1666, Quebec, Canada , d. 22 Jun 1727, Montreal, Canada (Age 61 years) |
| Married |
20 Oct 1681 |
Quebec, Canada |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F3696 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- According to the English Language page of L'Association des Familles de Pepin, Pierre Pepin, Sr., dit LaForce (1652-1722), along with his brother Etienne Pepin, took part in the Duluth expedition in 1678 which reached the upper Mississippi. On the Wisconsin-Minnesota border there is an enlargment of the Mississippi River which was named Lake Pepin in honor of the two Pepin brothers. Pierre Pepin's nickname, "LaForce", comes from his co-discovery of the Mississippi River.
Coming back two years later (1680), Pierre marries Louise Lemire in Quebec on October 20, 1681. Their 14 children will ensure their descent and will spread the name "LaForce" through out Canada and the U.S. Well established on a large estate on the St. Lawrence River, near Nicolet, he lived to be 70 years old.
An historical monument erectre in Trois Rvieres homnors some great explorers of the New World: Jean Nicolet, the Cavalier de LaSalle and Pierre Pepin dit LaForce.
(pepin.familles@videotron.ca)
According to Tanguay, Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 1, p. 472, Pierre Pepin dit LaChance, was Captain of the militia (at Trois Rivieres?).
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