Firmin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Born

1 August 1785 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 June 1842 , La Pocatière, Canada East

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Claude-Raphael MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Charlotte CARON

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Born: 1 August 1785 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Claude-Raphael MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Charlotte CARON

Paternal grandparents: Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

Maternal grandparents: Louis CARON , Françoise GAGNON

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Firmin married Victoire GRONDIN 7 February 1813 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire GRONDIN was born 26 September 1787 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Victoire died 25 July 1846 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Victoire was the child of Pierre GRONDIN and Victoire EMOND.

Firmin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 20 June 1842 in La Pocatière, Canada East .
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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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Firmin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Victoire GRONDIN
Marriage date: 7 February 1813
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Victoire GRONDIN was the child of Pierre GRONDIN and Victoire EMOND

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Children of Firmin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Victoire GRONDIN

Clarisse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Born: abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 October 1896, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Married: François ROY dit DESJARDINS 19 September 1843 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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Birth — 1785
1 August 1785
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Firmin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Victoire GRONDIN 7 February 1813, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 27 years old.

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