Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

(b. abt. 1757 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 May 1823 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was born abt. 1757 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was the child of Augustin SIROIS and Marie-Anne BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Françoise ROY dite DESJARDINS (maternal) Pierre BOUCHER and Catherine GUÉRET dite DUMONT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Catherine married Joseph PELLETIER 22 August 1776 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph PELLETIER was born 11 September 1753 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph died 23 September 1828 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph was the child of Basile PELLETIER and Agathe-Genevieve HUOT dite ST-LAURENT.

Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS died 17 May 1823 in Kamouraska, 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 Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS married

Joseph PELLETIER-- Date: 22 August 1776 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph PELLETIER was the child of Basile PELLETIER and Agathe-Genevieve HUOT dite ST-LAURENT

Children of Joseph PELLETIER and Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS:

Modeste PELLETIER (b.30 December 1785, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 April 1853, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Joseph-Amable ROY dit DESJARDINS 27 November 1804 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Catherine PELLETIER (b.4 January 1788, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 January 1871, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )
m. André BOISBRIAND 26 January 1807 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS and Joseph PELLETIER 22 August 1776, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Modeste PELLETIER was born 30 December 1785, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1788 Birth of Child
Catherine PELLETIER was born 4 January 1788, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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)

1804 Marriage of Child
Modeste PELLETIER married 27 November 1804, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Joseph-Amable ROY dit DESJARDINS

1807 Marriage of Child
Catherine PELLETIER married 26 January 1807, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to André BOISBRIAND

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