Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

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16 August 1821 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Born: 16 August 1821 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Joseph married Zoe DEMERS 21 January 1846 in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Zoe DEMERS was born 23 March 1828 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Zoe died 10 September 1897 in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.

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

Zoe DEMERS
Marriage date: 21 January 1846
Marriage place: L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

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Children of Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Zoe DEMERS

Marie May MAINVILLE

Born: 17 July 1852, Pontiac, Allumette Island, Quebec, Canada
Died: 23 July 1919, Pontiac, Allumette Island, Quebec, Canada

Married: Damase Thomas PLEAU 24 April 1871 Place: Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

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Birth — 1821
16 August 1821
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

1846 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Zoe DEMERS 21 January 1846, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1852 Birth of Child
Marie May MAINVILLE was born 17 July 1852, Pontiac, Allumette Island, Quebec, Canada

Joseph was 30 years old.

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