Benjamin
SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS
(b.
23 July 1776
,
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
7 April 1861
,
Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
)
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SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS Genealogy
Benjamin SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS was born
23 July 1776
in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada .
Benjamin SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS
was the child of
Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS
and
Marie-Anne MICHAUD
and the grandchild of:
(paternal)
François SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and
Marie-Françoise ROY dite DESJARDINS
(maternal)
Louis MICHAUD and
Marie-Geneviève ALBERT
Benjamin SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS died 7 April 1861 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
m. Michaud Felicite
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Over time, Quebec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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 Quebec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Quebec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline MacDonald for providing this information.
Quebec - Did you know? The seigneur was endowed with his rank and estate to the sole end that he should become an active...Read MORE...The Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism [Vol. 5 of "The Chronicles of Canada"] by William Bennett Munro; Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company, 1922
What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Canada 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)
Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) (Sainte-Hélène)
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Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) (Sainte-Hélène)
Kamouraska, Que.
Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) (Sainte-Hélène)
Entrance to Fisheries, Kamouraska, Que.
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Birth 23 July 1776
Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) (Sainte-Hélène)
Death 7 April 1861Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)
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