Benoit MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Born

21 March 1757 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Died

29 July 1820 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Catherine SAUCIER

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Born: 21 March 1757 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Father: François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Catherine SAUCIER

Paternal grandparents: Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Marthe VALLEE

Maternal grandparents: Charles-François SAUCIER , Rosalie BOUCHARD

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Benoit married Josephte PELLETIER 11 November 1782 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte PELLETIER was born 25 July 1765 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . Josephte died 9 March 1858 in La Pocatière, Canada East . Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Genevieve TALBOT dite GERVAIS.

Benoit MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 29 July 1820 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada .
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Benoit MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Josephte PELLETIER
Marriage date: 11 November 1782
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte PELLETIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Genevieve TALBOT dite GERVAIS

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Thecle MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Born: 14 January 1792, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste HUDON dit BEAULIEU 3 November 1813 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1757
21 March 1757
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Benoit MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Josephte PELLETIER 11 November 1782, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 25 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

1792 Birth of Child
Thecle MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 14 January 1792, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Benoit was 34 years old.

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

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Thecle MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 3 November 1813, La Pocatière, Lower Canada to Jean-Baptiste HUDON dit BEAULIEU

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.