Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

(b. 13 July 1742 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1818 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ was born 13 July 1742 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ was the child of André MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) and Geneviève ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) and Françoise OUELLET (maternal) Martin ROUSSEAU and Elisabeth THIBAULT

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

Catherine married Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 31 January 1763 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 27 November 1735 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph died 4 March 1796 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph was the child of Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE.

Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ died 22 November 1818 in Kamouraska, 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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Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ married

Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES-- Date: 31 January 1763 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
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Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was the child of Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Françoise SOUCY dite LAVIGNE

Children of Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ:

Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES (b.8 January 1764, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 May 1852, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Marie-Euphrosine THÉRIAULT 8 February 1796 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (b.1 October 1765, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 September 1801, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT 7 January 1794 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES (b.2 October 1767, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 June 1850, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Marie-Marguerite BOURGELAS dite DEGENE 28 January 1799 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Charles-Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES (b.14 December 1771, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 December 1823, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Marthe PELLETIER 8 February 1796 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1742 Birth
13 July 1742
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Catherine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ and Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 31 January 1763, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 20 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES was born 8 January 1764, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Catherine was 21 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 1 October 1765, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Catherine was 23 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 2 October 1767, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Catherine was 25 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Charles-Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 14 December 1771, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Catherine was 29 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.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 7 January 1794, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT

1796 Marriage of Child
Charles-Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married 8 February 1796, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Marthe PELLETIER

1796 Marriage of Child
Jean-Marie MIVILLE dit DESCHENES married 8 February 1796, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Euphrosine THÉRIAULT

1796 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 4 March 1796, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1799 Marriage of Child
Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married 28 January 1799, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Marguerite BOURGELAS dite DEGENE

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

1801 Death of Child
Genevieve MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES died 25 September 1801, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Catherine was 59 years old.

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

1818 Death
22 November 1818
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 76.

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