Jean MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Born

24 January 1698 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

2 July 1755 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Marie-Louise GRONDIN

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Jean MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 24 January 1698 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Jean MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Louise GRONDIN

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Catherine DE BAILLON (maternal) Jacques-Jean GRONDIN and Marie-Sainte MIGNAULT

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Jean married Geneviève AUTIN 1734 in Québec Province, Canada . Geneviève AUTIN was born 26 November 1704 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Geneviève died 24 June 1770 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Geneviève was the child of François AUTIN and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.

Jean MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 2 July 1755 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France .
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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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