Marthe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Born

23 January 1755 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

6 April 1808 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Charlotte MORIN

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Born: 23 January 1755 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Charlotte MORIN

Paternal grandparents: Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Marthe VALLEE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MORIN , Marie-Charlotte DUBE

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Marthe married Pierre-Basile BOUCHARD 7 January 1771 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre-Basile BOUCHARD was born 14 September 1740 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Pierre-Basile died 26 May 1813 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Basile was the child of Pierre BOUCHARD and Marguerite-Cordule CARON.

Marthe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES died 6 April 1808 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower 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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Pierre-Basile BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 7 January 1771
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Basile BOUCHARD was the child of Pierre BOUCHARD and Marguerite-Cordule CARON

Children of Pierre-Basile BOUCHARD and Marthe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Louis BOUCHARD

Born: 2 February 1776, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Rose FORTIN dite DANCOSSE 30 July 1804 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Victoire BOUCHARD

Born: 24 May 1781, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 May 1857, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East

Married: Charlemagne SOUCY 11 January 1807 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1755
23 January 1755
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marthe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and Pierre-Basile BOUCHARD 7 January 1771, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 15 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1776 Birth of Child
Louis BOUCHARD was born 2 February 1776, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marthe was 21 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Victoire BOUCHARD was born 24 May 1781, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marthe was 26 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1804 Marriage of Child
Louis BOUCHARD married 30 July 1804, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Rose FORTIN dite DANCOSSE

1807 Marriage of Child
Victoire BOUCHARD married 11 January 1807, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Charlemagne SOUCY