Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Born

14 December 1772 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 January 1856 , Trois-Pistoles, Canada East

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Antoine-Augustin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Marie-Vernoique POULIN

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Born: 14 December 1772 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine-Augustin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Marie-Vernoique POULIN

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

Maternal grandparents: Philippe-Augustin POULIN , Marguerite BLUTEAU

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Joseph married Marie-Anne HUDON dite BEAULIEU 16 January 1799 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne HUDON dite BEAULIEU was born 6 August 1781 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Anne died 11 August 1869 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Marie-Anne was the child of Augustin HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Josephte MARTIN.

Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 21 January 1856 in Trois-Pistoles, 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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Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Marie-Anne HUDON dite BEAULIEU
Marriage date: 16 January 1799
Marriage place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne HUDON dite BEAULIEU was the child of Augustin HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Josephte MARTIN

Children of Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Sophie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Born: 5 September 1802, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Died: 24 January 1864, Matane, Canada East

Married: Charles HAMILTON 7 February 1825 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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Birth — 1772
14 December 1772
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1799 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne HUDON dite BEAULIEU 16 January 1799, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

He was 26 years old.

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

1802 Birth of Child
Sophie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 5 September 1802, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Joseph was 29 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)

1825 Marriage of Child
Sophie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 7 February 1825, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) to Charles HAMILTON

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)

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)