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Lepine History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables World Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

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Early Origins of the Lepine family

The surname Lepine was first found in Limousin, where this noble family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Lepine family

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Lepine Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lepine, Lepines, Lepinne, Lepinnes, Pine, Pines, Lespinasse, Lespinasses, Le Pine and many more.

Early Notables of the Lepine family

Notable amongst the family was Jean Lespinasse of Pebeyre, the Lord of Pebeyre; and Louis Ellies du Pin, or Dupin (1657-1719), a French ecclesiastical historian, author of "Nouvelle bibliothèque des auteurs ecclésiastiques." Francesca Margherita de l'Epine, in spite of her French-sounding surname, appears to have been an Italian singer. From Italy she came to England with a German musician named Greber, and was often, therefore, called 'Greber's Peg' by the wits of the day. An advertisement in the 'London Gazette' (No. 2834), 1692, announces that the ' Italian lady (that is lately come over that is so famous for her singing)...
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Lepine World Ranking

In Canada, the name Lepine is the 714^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,470 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Lepine is ranked the 265^th most popular surname. 2 And in France, the name Lepine is the 950^th popular surname with an estimated 5,518 people with that name. 3

Lepine migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lepine Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Mr. Lepine, who landed in Louisiana in 1718 4
Charles Lepine who settled in Boston in 1765
Jacques Lepine who settled in Louisiana in 1765
Louis Lepine who settled in Philadelphia in 1795

Lepine migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lepine Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Antoine Lepine, son of François and Geneviève, who married Louise Guay, daughter of Jean-Baptiste and Marie-Agnès, in Quebec on 3rd May 1722 5
Jean-François Lepine, son of Gabriel and Geneviève, who married Thérèse-Jeanne Renaut, daughter of Jean and Jeanne, in Charlesbourg, Quebec on 11th August 1722 5
Pierre Lepine, son of Gabriel and Geneviève, who married Catherine Joly, daughter of Julien and Catherine, in Sorel, Quebec on 9th January 1724 5
Pierre Lepine, son of Jean and Geneviève, who married Marguerite Gillardet, daughter of Léger and Marguerite, in Longueuil, Quebec on 11th February 1726 5
Gabriel Lepine, son of Gabriel and Geneviève, who married Thérèse Chevalier, daughter of Jean and Catherine, in Sorel, Quebec on 24th November 1732 5
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Lepine migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Lepine Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

William Lepine, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1840
Mr. William Lepine, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Stately" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 1st June 1851 6
Mr. Daniel Lepine, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Katherine Stewart Forbes" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 9th March 1852 7
Mrs. Emma Lepine, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Katherine Stewart Forbes" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 9th March 1852 7
Mr. John Lepine, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Katherine Stewart Forbes" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 9th March 1852 7
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Contemporary Notables of the name Lepine (post 1700) +

Joseph François Antoine Gabriel Lépine, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 8
Stanislas Victor Edouard Lépine (1835-1892), French landscape painter
Louis Jean-Baptiste Lépine (1846-1933), French lawyer, politician and inventor, Prefect of the Paris Police (1893 to 1897)
Jean-Antoine Lépine (1720-1814), French watch and clockmaker to the King
Raphaël Lépine (1840-1919), French physiologist
Eddy De Lépine (b. 1984), French sprinter
Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine (1855-1943), Canadian journalist, printer and politician in Quebec
Maxime Lépine (1837-1897), Canadian businessman and politician
Hector Theodule "Hec" Lépine (1897-1951), Canadian professional ice hockey forward
René G. Lépine (1929-2012), Canadian real estate tycoon, developer, businessman and philanthropist
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Historic Events for the Lepine family +

Air New Zealand Flight 901

Mr. Yves Lepine (d. 1979), French passenger, from France aboard the Air New Zealand Flight 901 for an Antarctic sightseeing flight when it flew into Mount Erebus; he died in the crash 9

Citations +

"Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 2, Institut Drouin, 1958.
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, April 9) Joseph LÃ©pine. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Mount Erebus, Memorial, Roll of Remembrance (Retrieved 2018, February 21st). Retrieved from http://www.erebus.co.nz/memorialandawards/rollofremembrance.aspx