Abraham SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS

(b. 12 April 1788 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 October 1871 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

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Abraham SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS was born 12 April 1788 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Abraham SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS was the child of Maurice-Zacharie SIROIS and Marie-Anne LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice SIROIS and Marie-Josephe AYOTTE (maternal) Francois LANDRY and Agnes THIBODEAU

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Abraham married Marie-Victoire ST-JOR dite SERGERIE 27 January 1812 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Victoire ST-JOR dite SERGERIE was born abt. 1797 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Victoire died 16 August 1874 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Marie-Victoire was the child of Isidore ST-JOR dit SERGERIE and Victoire POITEVIN dite MADOR.

Abraham SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS died 28 October 1871 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, 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
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 Abraham SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS

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Abraham SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS married

Marie-Victoire ST-JOR dite SERGERIE-- Date: 27 January 1812 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Victoire ST-JOR dite SERGERIE was the child of Isidore ST-JOR dit SERGERIE and Victoire POITEVIN dite MADOR

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Children of Abraham SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Victoire ST-JOR dite SERGERIE:

Adele SIROIS (b.16 February 1835, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Thomas PELLETIER 24 October 1854 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1788 Birth
12 April 1788
Kamouraska, 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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Abraham SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Victoire ST-JOR dite SERGERIE 27 January 1812, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 23 years old.

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

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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Adele SIROIS was born 16 February 1835, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Abraham was 46 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)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Adele SIROIS married 24 October 1854, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Thomas PELLETIER

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.