Joseph MIVILLE DITE DESCHÊNES

Born

7 February 1775 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 January 1865 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East

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Bernard MIVILLE Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Born: 7 February 1775 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Bernard MIVILLE

Mother: Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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

Maternal grandparents: Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Marie-Madeleine OUELLET

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Joseph married Euphrosine LORD 15 August 1803 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphrosine LORD was born 13 September 1778 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Euphrosine died 7 April 1865 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand). Euphrosine was the child of Jean Baptiste LORD (LAURE) and Marie-Josephte GELINAS.

Joseph MIVILLE DITE DESCHÊNES died 22 January 1865 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, 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.

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Joseph MIVILLE DITE DESCHÊNES married

Euphrosine LORD
Marriage date: 15 August 1803
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Euphrosine LORD was the child of Jean Baptiste LORD (LAURE) and Marie-Josephte GELINAS

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Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Born: abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE 11 February 1839 Place: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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Birth — 1775
7 February 1775
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MIVILLE DITE DESCHÊNES and Euphrosine LORD 15 August 1803, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 28 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

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

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 11 February 1839, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand) to Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)