Antoine Dionne
&
Salomée Miville dit Deschênes

Although Antoine Dionne lived his whole life in the area around La Pocatière, Québec, several of his family moved to the Madawaska region of the upper St.John River valley, including his son Henri, who in 1843 as a Roman Catholic priest established the parish and church of Ste-Luce in what is today Frenchville; his daughter Hortense, who married Antoine Gagnon (my great-great grandparents); his daughter Marie-Scholastique, wife of Édouard Lauzier-Roy; his granddaughter Sophie Bossé, who married Louis Tardif (my great-great grandparents); and his grandson Germain Lévesque, who married Nathalie Cyr (the sister of my great-great grandmother Anastasie Cyr). Antoine's wife Salomée Miville dit Deschênes also moved to Madawaska, and was living there by 1844.

Hortense apparently came to Madawaska in the early 1840s, perhaps with her brother Father Henri Dionne, who moved to the area in about September 1841. Marie-Scholastique, her husband and children moved between 1855 and 1860, following their son Édouard, who had moved sometime before August 1849. Sophie and her husband moved to the Madawaska region probably sometime in the 1850s, as did Germain Lévesque. There may be other descendants of Antoine and Salomée who moved to Madawaska. If you know of them, please

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New: Reunion of the Dionne families of the upper St.John River valley: June 2005!

Descendants and Ancestors of Antoine DIONNE and Salomée MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES
The earliest discovered Dionne ancestor, Antoine DIONNE
The earliest discovered Miville-Deschênes ancestor, Pierre MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES of Fribourg, Switzerland

New: Reunion of the Dionne families of the upper St.John River valley: June 2005!

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(a great-great-great grandson of Antoine Dionne and Salomée Miville-Deschênes)

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Created 3 Jun 2003 with Family Origins 9.0
Last revised 20 Mar 2005