Felicite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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abt. 1799 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

31 December 1872 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada

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Francois SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS Felicite CHALOUX

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Born: abt. 1799 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Francois SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS

Mother: Felicite CHALOUX

Paternal grandparents: Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS , Marie-Anne MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CHALOUX , Anne GODIN

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Felicite married Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS 18 January 1819 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS was born abt. 1794 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 7 July 1841 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph was the child of Hippolyte ROY dit DESJARDINS and Angelique CHAMARD.

Felicite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS died 31 December 1872 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, 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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Felicite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS married

Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS
Marriage date: 18 January 1819
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Hippolyte ROY dit DESJARDINS and Angelique CHAMARD

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Children of Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS and Felicite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

Hospice ROY dit DESJARDINS

Born: 17 July 1821, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 3 November 1889, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada

Married: Julie DOUCET 12 October 1846 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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

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 / Partner
Felicite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS and Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS 18 January 1819, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Hospice ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 17 July 1821, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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)

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

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS died 7 July 1841, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Hospice ROY dit DESJARDINS married 12 October 1846, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Julie DOUCET

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.