Agathe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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abt. 1809 , Québec Province, Canada

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Vincent MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Marguerite LEMIRE dite GONNEVILLE

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Born: abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Vincent MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Marguerite LEMIRE dite GONNEVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Isabelle BEAUDET

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE , Marie-Angelique SERRE

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Agathe married Jean-Baptiste BELANGER 10 January 1831 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BELANGER was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Augustin BELANGER and Marguerite JUNEAU (JOUINEAU).

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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Agathe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married

Jean-Baptiste BELANGER
Marriage date: 10 January 1831
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste BELANGER was the child of Augustin BELANGER and Marguerite JUNEAU (JOUINEAU)

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Agathe BELANGER

Born: abt. 1831, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 28 December 1921, St-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada

Married: Claude LACOURSIERE 9 August 1853

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