Geneviève SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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12 March 1761 , Kamouraska, Canada

Died

12 March 1836 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada

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Joseph SIROIS Louise LEVASSEUR

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Born: 12 March 1761 in Kamouraska, Canada

Father: Joseph SIROIS

Mother: Louise LEVASSEUR

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

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LEVASSEUR , Marie-Elisabeth MICHAUD

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Geneviève married François LANDRY 15 November 1779 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . François LANDRY was born 6 November 1761 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). François died 12 September 1829 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. François was the child of Francois LANDRY and Agnes THIBODEAU.

Geneviève SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS died 12 March 1836 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, 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 SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS married

François LANDRY
Marriage date: 15 November 1779
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
François LANDRY was the child of Francois LANDRY and Agnes THIBODEAU

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Birth — 1761
12 March 1761
Kamouraska, Canada

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS and François LANDRY 15 November 1779, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 18 years old.