Marie-Madeleine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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26 February 1736 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

5 February 1769 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Guillaume MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Marie-Madeleine SOUCY

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Born: 26 February 1736 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Guillaume MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Marie-Madeleine SOUCY

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

Maternal grandparents: Pierre SOUCY , Elisabeth-Ursule FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU)

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Marie-Madeleine married Jacques GAUTHIER 7 May 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques GAUTHIER was born 8 August 1729 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jacques was the child of Jacques GAUTHIER and Cunégonde PRUD'HOMME.

Marie-Madeleine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES died 5 February 1769 in Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Marie-Madeleine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married

Jacques GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 7 May 1764
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques GAUTHIER was the child of Jacques GAUTHIER and Cunégonde PRUD'HOMME

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Birth — 1736
26 February 1736
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and Jacques GAUTHIER 7 May 1764, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 28 years old.