Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

(b. 3 June 1723 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1788 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 3 June 1723 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was the child of Joseph-Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Jeanne LEVESQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Madeleine DUBE (maternal) François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Charlotte AUBERT

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Joseph married Thérèse SAUCIER 13 November 1753 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thérèse SAUCIER was born 22 December 1736 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Thérèse died 9 March 1803 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Thérèse was the child of Pierre SAUCIER and Marie-Geneviève BERUBE.

Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 26 June 1788 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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 MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Thérèse SAUCIER-- Date: 13 November 1753 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
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Thérèse SAUCIER was the child of Pierre SAUCIER and Marie-Geneviève BERUBE

Children of Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Thérèse SAUCIER:

Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES (b.20 April 1759, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 9 October 1815, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )
m. Rosalie CHOUINARD 13 January 1783 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Josephte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (b.9 February 1762, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada d. 23 July 1832, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Noel MOREL dit LADURANTAYE 10 January 1780 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1723 Birth
3 June 1723
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Thérèse SAUCIER 13 November 1753, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 30 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 20 April 1759, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 35 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Josephte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 9 February 1762, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 38 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 - 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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Josephte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 10 January 1780, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Jean-Noel MOREL dit LADURANTAYE

1783 Marriage of Child
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married 13 January 1783, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Rosalie CHOUINARD

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)