Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE

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28 January 1714 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

9 February 1796 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Pierre SOUCY Elisabeth-Ursule FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU)

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Born: 28 January 1714 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre SOUCY

Mother: Elisabeth-Ursule FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU)

Paternal grandparents: Jean SOUCY dit LAVIGNE , Jeanne SAVONNET

Maternal grandparents: Urbain-Pierre FOUCAULT (FOUQUEREAU) , Jeanne ROSSIGNOL

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Françoise married Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 22 November 1733 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 20 February 1711 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Bernard was the child of Jean-Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Madeleine DUBE.

Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE died 9 February 1796 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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Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE married

Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES
Marriage date: 22 November 1733
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was the child of Jean-Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Madeleine DUBE

Children of Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE

Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Born: 27 November 1735, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Died: 4 March 1796, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ 31 January 1763 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Françoise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Born: 27 August 1743, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 14 May 1820, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Francois-Germain OUELLET 23 January 1763 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Married: Jean-Baptiste PARADIS 19 April 1779 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Angélique MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Born: abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 July 1832, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste DUMONT dit GUÉRET 26 August 1776 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1714
28 January 1714
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE and Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 22 November 1733, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 19 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 27 November 1735, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Françoise was 21 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 27 August 1743, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Françoise was 29 years old.

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

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 23 January 1763, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Francois-Germain OUELLET

1763 Marriage of Child
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married 31 January 1763, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Angélique MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 26 August 1776, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Jean-Baptiste DUMONT dit GUÉRET

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 19 April 1779, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Jean-Baptiste PARADIS

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)