Francois SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS

Born

20 May 1771 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 March 1861 , Kamouraska, Canada East

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Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS Marie-Anne MICHAUD

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Born: 20 May 1771 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS

Mother: Marie-Anne MICHAUD

Paternal grandparents: François SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS , Marie-Françoise ROY dite DESJARDINS

Maternal grandparents: Louis MICHAUD , Marie-Geneviève ALBERT

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Francois married Felicite CHALOUX 13 January 1794 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Felicite CHALOUX was born 27 November 1775 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Felicite died 28 January 1852 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Felicite was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHALOUX and Anne GODIN.

Francois SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS died 20 March 1861 in Kamouraska, Canada East .

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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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Felicite CHALOUX
Marriage date: 13 January 1794
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Felicite CHALOUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHALOUX and Anne GODIN

Children of Francois SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Felicite CHALOUX

Felicite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

Born: abt. 1799, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 31 December 1872, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS 18 January 1819 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marcel SIROIS

Born: 17 March 1803, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 24 June 1858, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East

Married: Felicite PELLETIER 18 July 1826 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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Birth — 1771
20 May 1771
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Francois SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Felicite CHALOUX 13 January 1794, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 22 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Marcel SIROIS was born 17 March 1803, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Francois was 31 years old.

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Felicite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS married 18 January 1819, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1826 Marriage of Child
Marcel SIROIS married 18 July 1826, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Felicite PELLETIER

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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.

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Felicite CHALOUX died 28 January 1852, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

1858 Death of Child
Marcel SIROIS died 24 June 1858, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Francois was 87 years old.

Death — 1861
20 March 1861
Kamouraska, Canada East
He died at the age of 89.

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