Joseph Napoléon Paul Miville Deschenes b. 1873: Our Family History

Joseph Napoléon Paul Miville Deschenes

1873 -

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Name	Joseph Napoléon Paul Miville Deschenes [1, 2]
Birth	1873 [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Residence	1880	Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, USA [1]
	Occupation: Homeworker; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence	1910	Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, USA [2]
	Occupation: Carpenter; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Person ID	I292511936588	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Isaie Miville Deschênes, b. 23 Jun 1833, Grand Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States d. 15 Feb 1920, Keegan, Aroostock, Maine, United States (Age 86 years)
Mother	Marie Martine Perreault, b. 19 Nov 1837, Saint Leonard, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada d. 27 May 1902, Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, USA (Age 64 years)
Marriage	1856 [3]
Family ID	F15865	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Geneviève Dubé, b. 1881 d. 1976 (Age 95 years)

Children

1. René Deschaine, b. 28 Nov 1912 d. 16 Feb 1982, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, USA

(Age 69 years)

Family ID F16163 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

[S965667446] Year: 1880; Census Place: Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 476; Page: 114a; Enumeration District: 202.
[S965667059] Year: 1910; Census Place: Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: T624_537; Page: 18a; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1374550.
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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.