Josephe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

(b. 5 April 1739 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 29 August 1790 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Josephe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 5 April 1739 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Josephe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Madeleine DUBE (maternal) Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER and Marie-Anne MARTIN

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Josephe married Joseph PELLETIER 21 October 1788 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph PELLETIER was born 22 November 1722 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 11 September 1812 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.

Josephe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES died 29 August 1790 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Joseph PELLETIER-- Date: 21 October 1788 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph PELLETIER was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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1739 Birth
5 April 1739
La Pocatière, 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.

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Josephe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and Joseph PELLETIER 21 October 1788, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 49 years old.