flag male ancestor  Jean  SIROIS

  (b. 24 October 1821 Cacouna, Lower Canada   d. 26 February 1885 St-Modeste, Canada )  

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Jean SIROIS was born 24 October 1821 in Cacouna, Lower Canada

Jean SIROIS was the child of Jean SIROIS   and   Charlotte MERCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Josephte CHALOUX (maternal)  Pierre MERCIER and Marie-Charlotte CHARTIER

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

Jean  married  Sara COTE 1 August 1843 in Cacouna, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sara COTE  was born 16 April 1821 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna).  Sara died 1 September 1884 in St-Modeste, Canada.  Sara was the child of Theophile COTE and Catherine LACASSE.

Jean SIROIS died 26 February 1885 in St-Modeste, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Family and Children of Jean SIROIS

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Jean SIROIS married flag female ancestor Sara COTE-- Date: 1 August 1843 Place: Cacouna, Canada East
Sara COTE was the child of Theophile COTE and Catherine LACASSE




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Children of Jean SIROIS and Sara COTE:

flag male ancestor Ferdinand SIROIS (b.15 October 1849, Saint-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East  d. 6 May 1938, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Caroline PELLETIER 27 November 1871 in Old Town, Maine, USA

flag male ancestor Alfred SIROIS (b.7 October 1852, St-Arsène-de-Cacouna, Quebec, Canada  d. , )
m. Azilda GRATTON 2 April 1893 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA



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birth1821 Birth
24 October 1821
Cacouna, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1843 Marriage / Partner
Jean SIROIS and Sara COTE 1 August 1843, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

He was 21 years old.
1849 Birth of Child
Ferdinand SIROIS was born 15 October 1849, Saint-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Jean was 27 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
1852 Birth of Child
Alfred SIROIS was born 7 October 1852, St-Arsène-de-Cacouna, Quebec, Canada

Jean was 30 years old.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1871 Marriage of Child
Ferdinand SIROIS married 27 November 1871, Old Town, Maine, USA to Caroline PELLETIER
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1884 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sara COTE died 1 September 1884, St-Modeste, Canada
death1885 Death
26 February 1885
St-Modeste, Canada

He died at the age of 63.
Added: 12/2/2023 7:16:18 PM - Updated: 12/2/2023 7:25:27 PM

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