Jean-François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

(b. 5 February 1725 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 5 March 1807 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 5 February 1725 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Jean-François 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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Jean-François married Marie-Ursule BERUBE 7 January 1749 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Ursule BERUBE was born 4 August 1731 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Ursule died 10 June 1815 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Ursule was the child of Pierre BERUBE and Geneviève DANCOSSE.

Jean-François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 5 March 1807 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Jean-François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Marie-Ursule BERUBE-- Date: 7 January 1749 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Marie-Ursule BERUBE was the child of Pierre BERUBE and Geneviève DANCOSSE

Children of Jean-François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Ursule BERUBE:

Joseph-François-Maurice MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES (b.22 October 1749, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1840, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne PELLETIER 16 October 1775 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1725 Birth
5 February 1725
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Ursule BERUBE 7 January 1749, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 23 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Joseph-François-Maurice MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 22 October 1749, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-François was 24 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Joseph-François-Maurice MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married 16 October 1775, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marie-Anne PELLETIER

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.