Octave MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Born

6 January 1849 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

Died

abt. 1898 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Octave married Delvina CHARETTE . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Delvina CHARETTE was born 19 May 1857 in Sainte-Flavie, Canada East. Delvina died 19 May 1934 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

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Octave MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Delvina CHARETTE
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Children of Octave MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Delvina CHARETTE

François Xavier DESCHENES

Born: 8 May 1883, Rimouski, Québec, Canada
Died: 22 July 1972, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Albertina Boursier MARTIN 23 September 1907 Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Octave's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1849
6 January 1849
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Birth of Child
François Xavier DESCHENES was born 8 May 1883, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Octave was 34 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)