Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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21 April 1755 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Died

5 June 1824 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

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Augustin SIROIS Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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Born: 21 April 1755 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Father: Augustin SIROIS

Mother: Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BOUCHER , Catherine GUÉRET dite DUMONT

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Josephte married Augustin CHORET 13 November 1780 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin CHORET was born 9 July 1762 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Augustin died 20 May 1800 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Augustin was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHORET and Marie-Anne GAUVIN.

Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS died 5 June 1824 in Rimouski, 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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Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS married

Augustin CHORET
Marriage date: 13 November 1780
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Augustin CHORET was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHORET and Marie-Anne GAUVIN

Children of Augustin CHORET and Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

Marguerite CHORET

Born: 30 October 1793, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 17 January 1864, Frenchville, Maine, USA

Married: Joseph DRAPEAU 18 January 1820 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1755
21 April 1755
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS and Augustin CHORET 13 November 1780, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 25 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1793 Birth of Child
Marguerite CHORET was born 30 October 1793, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Josephte was 38 years old.

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

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin CHORET died 20 May 1800, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CHORET married 18 January 1820, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Joseph DRAPEAU

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

Death — 1824
5 June 1824
Rimouski, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 69.

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