Jean SIROIS

Born

12 August 1795 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Died

18 April 1884 , Cacouna, Québec, Canada

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Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS Marie-Josephte CHALOUX

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Born: 12 August 1795 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS

Mother: Marie-Josephte CHALOUX

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

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CHALOUX , Anne GODIN

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Jean married Charlotte MERCIER 29 January 1821 in Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte MERCIER was born 20 May 1800 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Charlotte died 28 January 1828 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Charlotte was the child of Pierre MERCIER and Marie-Charlotte CHARTIER.

Jean married (2) Catherine BOISBRIAND 17 February 1829 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine BOISBRIAND was born 21 August 1811 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Catherine died 22 March 1879 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Catherine was the child of André BOISBRIAND and Catherine PELLETIER.

Jean SIROIS died 18 April 1884 in Cacouna, 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
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Jean SIROIS married

Charlotte MERCIER
Marriage date: 29 January 1821
Marriage place: Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada
Charlotte MERCIER was the child of Pierre MERCIER and Marie-Charlotte CHARTIER

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Children of Jean SIROIS and Charlotte MERCIER

Jean SIROIS

Born: 24 October 1821, Cacouna, Lower Canada
Died: 26 February 1885, St-Modeste, Canada

Married: Sara COTE 1 August 1843 Place: Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Jean SIROIS married

Catherine BOISBRIAND
Marriage date: 17 February 1829
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Catherine BOISBRIAND was the child of André BOISBRIAND and Catherine PELLETIER

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Children of Jean SIROIS and Catherine BOISBRIAND

Caroline SIROIS

Born: 25 May 1832, Cacouna, Lower Canada
Died: 27 July 1908, St-Hubert de Rivière-du-Loup, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste OUELLET 3 September 1855 Place: Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

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Birth — 1795
12 August 1795
L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Jean SIROIS and Charlotte MERCIER 29 January 1821, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

He was 25 years old.

1821 Birth of Child
Jean SIROIS was born 24 October 1821, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Jean was 26 years old.

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)

1828 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charlotte MERCIER died 28 January 1828, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Jean SIROIS and Catherine BOISBRIAND 17 February 1829, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 33 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Caroline SIROIS was born 25 May 1832, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Jean was 36 years old.

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage of Child
Jean SIROIS married 1 August 1843, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna) to Sara COTE

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Caroline SIROIS married 3 September 1855, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna) to Jean-Baptiste OUELLET

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.