Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

(b. 27 July 1805 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 12 May 1891 , Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada )

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Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 27 July 1805 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Charles-Augustin MIVILLE and Marie-Angelique LANCOGNARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Juste-Xiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Josephe MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) (maternal) Pierre LANCOGNARD dit SANTERRE and Marie-Angelique LEVESQUE

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

Emelie married Louis-Marie GAGNON 30 July 1822 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Marie GAGNON was born 21 November 1795 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Louis-Marie died 27 May 1870 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Louis-Marie was the child of Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON.

Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES died 12 May 1891 in Trois-Pistoles, 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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Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married

Louis-Marie GAGNON-- Date: 30 July 1822 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Louis-Marie GAGNON was the child of Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON

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Children of Louis-Marie GAGNON and Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Rémi GAGNON (b.04 20 1830, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. 04 10 1914, St-Jean-de-Dieu, Quebec, Canada)
m. Basilisse DUMONT 8 June 1879

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1805 Birth
27 July 1805
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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and Louis-Marie GAGNON 30 July 1822, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 17 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Rémi GAGNON was born 04 20 1830, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Emelie was 24 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

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)

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.