Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

(b. 22 January 1806 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 13 January 1871 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 22 January 1806 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was the child of Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Marguerite BOURGELAS dite DEGENE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ (maternal) Maurice BOURGELAS dit DEGENE and Marguerite TOUSSAINT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Etienne married Olive LEVESQUE 1 February 1831 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olive LEVESQUE was born abt. 1811 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Olive was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marguerite HUDON.

Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 13 January 1871 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, 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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Family and Children of Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

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Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Olive LEVESQUE-- Date: 1 February 1831 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Olive LEVESQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marguerite HUDON

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Children of Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Olive LEVESQUE:

Godefroy DESCHENES (b.11 March 1835, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 19 October 1884, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Les Etchemins, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Celeste PARADIS 6 July 1863 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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1806 Birth
22 January 1806
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Olive LEVESQUE 1 February 1831, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 25 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Godefroy DESCHENES was born 11 March 1835, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Etienne was 29 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1863 Marriage of Child
Godefroy DESCHENES married 6 July 1863, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Marie-Celeste PARADIS

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.