Pierre ROBRAU dit DUPLESSIS

Born

20 September 1786 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

9 August 1829 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Pierre ROBRAU dit DUPLESSIS Marie-Angélique CHORET

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Born: 20 September 1786 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre ROBRAU dit DUPLESSIS

Mother: Marie-Angélique CHORET

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ROBRAU dit DUPLESSIS , Marie-Louise PLESSIS dite BÉLAIR

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-François CHORET , Marie-Anne LEMAY dite DELORME

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Pierre married Marguerite SÉVIGNY 17 February 1817 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Marguerite SÉVIGNY was born 9 February 1797 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marguerite died 17 August 1834 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Eustache SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Angélique-Monique ARCHAMBAULT.

Pierre ROBRAU dit DUPLESSIS died 9 August 1829 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

Died at La Visitation-du-Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal

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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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Pierre ROBRAU dit DUPLESSIS married

Marguerite SÉVIGNY
Marriage date: 17 February 1817
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada
Marguerite SÉVIGNY was the child of Eustache SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Angélique-Monique ARCHAMBAULT

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Sault-au-Récollet

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Marguerite Robrau Duplessis

Pierre Robrau Duplessis

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Birth — 1786
20 September 1786
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ROBRAU dit DUPLESSIS and Marguerite SÉVIGNY 17 February 1817, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 30 years old.

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