Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES

(b. 8 January 1764 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 May 1852 , Kamouraska, Canada East )

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Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES was born 8 January 1764 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES was the child of Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE (maternal) André MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) and Geneviève ROUSSEAU

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Jean-Marie married Marie-Euphrosine THÉRIAULT 8 February 1796 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Euphrosine THÉRIAULT was born 12 December 1773 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Euphrosine died 26 March 1856 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Euphrosine was the child of Pierre THÉRIAULT and Marie-Louise-Geneviève GAUVIN.

Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES died 13 May 1852 in Kamouraska, Canada East .
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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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Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES married

Marie-Euphrosine THÉRIAULT-- Date: 8 February 1796 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Euphrosine THÉRIAULT was the child of Pierre THÉRIAULT and Marie-Louise-Geneviève GAUVIN

Children of Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES and Marie-Euphrosine THÉRIAULT:

Marie-Euphrosine MIVILLE dite DESCHENES (b.21 October 1796, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 2 February 1872, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

Olivier MIVILLE dit DESCHENES (b.abt. 1800, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )

Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHENES (b.12 February 1803, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )

Augustin MIVILLE dit DESCHENES (b.20 July 1807, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )

Priscille MIVILLE dite DESCHENES (b.abt. 1810, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 August 1898, )

Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHENES (b.abt. 1815, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1764 Birth
8 January 1764
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)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES and Marie-Euphrosine THÉRIAULT 8 February 1796, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 32 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Marie-Euphrosine MIVILLE dite DESCHENES was born 21 October 1796, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Marie was 32 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHENES was born 12 February 1803, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Marie was 39 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Augustin MIVILLE dit DESCHENES was born 20 July 1807, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Marie was 43 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England