1633   (approximate date) Guillaume PEPIN arrives in New France,
           settles in the area that was to become Trois-Rivieres.

1642  The first mention of Guillaume in a Canadian document,
           a contract which details the auction of Jean NICOLET's goods.

16??  Guillaume PEPIN is given several land concessions. He also
           buys land in Nicolet, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Champlain,
           Lac-St-Pierre and also in Trois-Rivieres where he resided
           for most of his life.

1651  Guillaume PEPIN is assigned for 4 years as judge in the seigniory
          of Champlain. He also serves as MAYOR of Trois-Riviers during
          this decade.

1681  CENSUS: Guillaume PEPIN is listed as 70 years old and living
          alone.He had a gun, three head of cattle, and thirty tillable arpents.
              ( Arpent= approx. 3418.9 square meters or about 0.845 acres)

1697  August, Guillaume PEPIN dies approximately 90 years of age,
          while living along the St-Lawrence River in the home of his son
          Pierre PEPIN dit LaFORCE, at Pointe-aux-Sables.
          His body is taken across the river to the Trois-Rivieres cemetery.

CHILDREN:
         Three of Guillaume's sons made voyages of discovery into the
         heartland of this continent. Pierre Pepin who explored Wisconsin
         and Minnesota left his name on lake Pepin, a wide area in the
         Mississippi below Red Wing, Minnesota. On the east side of this
         lake is Pepin County, Wisconsin.