Ambroise MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

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23 October 1731 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

20 April 1808 , Repentigny, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Marie-Jeanne LEVESQUE

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Born: 23 October 1731 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Marie-Jeanne LEVESQUE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Marie-Madeleine DUBE

Maternal grandparents: François-Robert LEVESQUE , Marie-Charlotte AUBERT

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Ambroise married Claire PELLETIER 12 January 1757 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Claire PELLETIER was born 6 August 1735 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Claire died 9 June 1806 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Claire was the child of Guillaume PELLETIER and Françoise JEAN.

Ambroise MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 20 April 1808 in Repentigny, 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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Ambroise MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Claire PELLETIER
Marriage date: 12 January 1757
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Claire PELLETIER was the child of Guillaume PELLETIER and Françoise JEAN

Children of Ambroise MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Claire PELLETIER

Toussaint MAINVILLE (MIVILLE)

Born: abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Thérèse CHARLAND 10 October 1780 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Claire MIVILLE

Born: 17 January 1761, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada
Died: 26 January 1832, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine FOISY 5 November 1781 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Joseph MAINVILLE (MIVILLE)

Born: abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise BEAUDRY 25 November 1788 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE

Born: 29 January 1768, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François-Amable BERNARD 25 September 1786 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Germain MIVILLE

Born: abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Catherine ÉTHIER 30 June 1795 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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Birth — 1731
23 October 1731
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Claire PELLETIER 12 January 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 25 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Claire MIVILLE was born 17 January 1761, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Ambroise was 29 years old.

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.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE was born 29 January 1768, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Ambroise was 36 years old.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Toussaint MAINVILLE (MIVILLE) married 10 October 1780, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Thérèse CHARLAND

1781 Marriage of Child
Marie-Claire MIVILLE married 5 November 1781, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Antoine FOISY

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE married 25 September 1786 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to François-Amable BERNARD

1788 Marriage of Child
Joseph MAINVILLE (MIVILLE) married 25 November 1788, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Louise BEAUDRY

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1795 Marriage of Child
Germain MIVILLE married 30 June 1795, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Catherine ÉTHIER

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