Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

(b. 13 April 1733 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 16 July 1814 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 13 April 1733 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Madeleine OUELLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marthe VALLEE (maternal) Joseph-Abraham OUELLET and Reine MENEUX

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Louise married Bernard MIVILLE 23 April 1758 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Bernard MIVILLE was born 31 December 1730 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Bernard died 16 June 1815 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand). Bernard was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS.

Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES died 16 July 1814 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, 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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Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married

Bernard MIVILLE-- Date: 23 April 1758 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Bernard MIVILLE was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

Children of Bernard MIVILLE and Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Marie-Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 February 1850, La-Pérade, Canada East )
m. François LEMAY 13 May 1782 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph MIVILLE DITE DESCHÊNES (b.7 February 1775, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 January 1865, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East )
m. Euphrosine LORD 15 August 1803 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1733 Birth
13 April 1733
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and Bernard MIVILLE 23 April 1758, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph MIVILLE DITE DESCHÊNES was born 7 February 1775, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Louise was 41 years old.

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.

1782 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 13 May 1782, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to François LEMAY

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)

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Joseph MIVILLE DITE DESCHÊNES married 15 August 1803, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Euphrosine LORD