Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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1 October 1765 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

25 September 1801 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

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Born: 1 October 1765 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

Paternal grandparents: Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE

Maternal grandparents: André MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) , Geneviève ROUSSEAU

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Genevieve married Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT 7 January 1794 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT was born abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 19 March 1835 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Pierre was the child of Prisque GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Catherine MAUPAS dite ST-HILAIRE.

Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES died 25 September 1801 in Kamouraska, 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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Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married

Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT
Marriage date: 7 January 1794
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT was the child of Prisque GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Catherine MAUPAS dite ST-HILAIRE

Children of Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Archange DUMONT

Born: 17 September 1799, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 15 November 1850, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East

Married: Joseph LANDRY 2 February 1818 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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Birth — 1765
1 October 1765
Kamouraska, 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)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT 7 January 1794, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 28 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Archange DUMONT was born 17 September 1799, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Genevieve was 33 years old.

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