Maurice SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS

(b. 22 May 1754 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 18 December 1836 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Maurice SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS was born 22 May 1754 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Maurice SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS was the child of Joseph SIROIS and Louise LEVASSEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Françoise ROY dite DESJARDINS (maternal) Pierre LEVASSEUR and Marie-Elisabeth MICHAUD

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Maurice married Geneviève-Elisabeth COTE 12 November 1781 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . Geneviève-Elisabeth COTE was born abt. 1732 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève-Elisabeth died 15 November 1830 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Geneviève-Elisabeth was the child of Prisque-Pierre CÔTÉ and Ursule BERNIER.

Maurice SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS died 18 December 1836 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, 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.

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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Geneviève-Elisabeth COTE-- Date: 12 November 1781 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève-Elisabeth COTE was the child of Prisque-Pierre CÔTÉ and Ursule BERNIER

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1754 Birth
22 May 1754
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Maurice SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Geneviève-Elisabeth COTE 12 November 1781, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 27 years old.