Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

(b. abt. 1757 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 May 1823 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was born abt. 1757 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was the child of Augustin SIROIS and Marie-Anne BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Françoise ROY dite DESJARDINS (maternal) Pierre BOUCHER and Catherine GUÉRET dite DUMONT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Catherine married Joseph PELLETIER 22 August 1776 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph PELLETIER was born 11 September 1753 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph died 23 September 1828 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph was the child of Basile PELLETIER and Agathe-Genevieve HUOT dite ST-LAURENT.

Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS died 17 May 1823 in 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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