Joseph-Marie MIVILLE

(b. 19 December 1752 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1817 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie MIVILLE was born 19 December 1752 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie MIVILLE was the child of Guillaume MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Madeleine DUBE (maternal) Pierre BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne BOURASSA

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

Joseph-Marie married Catherine DURAND 27 November 1780 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine DURAND was born 6 November 1760 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Catherine died 17 August 1834 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Catherine was the child of Joseph DURAND and Marie PRIMEAU.

Joseph-Marie MIVILLE died 26 March 1817 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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.

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Joseph-Marie MIVILLE married

Catherine DURAND-- Date: 27 November 1780 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine DURAND was the child of Joseph DURAND and Marie PRIMEAU

Children of Joseph-Marie MIVILLE and Catherine DURAND:

Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE (b.13 August 1785, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 April 1833, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )
m. François DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 3 July 1804 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1752 Birth
19 December 1752
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.

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 / Partner
Joseph-Marie MIVILLE and Catherine DURAND 27 November 1780, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE was born 13 August 1785, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Joseph-Marie was 32 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1804 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE married 3 July 1804, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to François DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE