Marie-Geneviève ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

(b. abt. 1763 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 March 1826 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born abt. 1763 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Geneviève ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Veronique JEAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE and Marie GAGNON (maternal) François-Pierre JEAN and Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

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Marie-Geneviève married Pierre SIROIS 10 February 1783 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre SIROIS was born abt. 1764 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Pierre died 19 March 1826 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Josephte PINEL dite LAFRANCE.

Marie-Geneviève ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 19 March 1826 in La Pocatière, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Geneviève ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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Marie-Geneviève ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT married

Pierre SIROIS-- Date: 10 February 1783 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre SIROIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Josephte PINEL dite LAFRANCE

Children of Pierre SIROIS and Marie-Geneviève ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT:

Marie-Louise SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS (b.17 February 1787, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 May 1848, Cacouna, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste HUDON dit BEAULIEU 11 January 1808 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Angele SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS (b.13 July 1798, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 8 June 1889, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE 20 October 1818 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT and Pierre SIROIS 10 February 1783, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was born 17 February 1787, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Angele SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was born 13 July 1798, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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

1808 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS married 11 January 1808, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Jean-Baptiste HUDON dit BEAULIEU

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Angele SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS married 20 October 1818, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England