Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

(b. 14 December 1808 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 22 February 1881 , Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 14 December 1808 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was the child of Joseph-Francois MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Genevieve MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Francois MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Scholastique CARON (maternal) Benjamin MICHAUD and Genevieve BOUCHARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Pepin married Marie-Basilisse BRISSON 9 November 1836 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Basilisse BRISSON was born 1 September 1814 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Basilisse was the child of Laurent BRISSON and Thérèse GIRARD.

Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 22 February 1881 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, 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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Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married

Marie-Basilisse BRISSON-- Date: 9 November 1836 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Marie-Basilisse BRISSON was the child of Laurent BRISSON and Thérèse GIRARD

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Children of Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Basilisse BRISSON:

Elise-Eloise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (b.15 August 1847, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East d. , )
m. Jude-Sifroi-Jules TREMBLAY 19 September 1865 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

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1808 Birth
14 December 1808
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Basilisse BRISSON 9 November 1836, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Elise-Eloise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 15 August 1847, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Jean-Pepin was 38 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Elise-Eloise MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 19 September 1865, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Jude-Sifroi-Jules TREMBLAY

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.