Cecile SIROIS

(b. 25 June 1787 , L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 March 1868 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

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Cecile SIROIS was born 25 June 1787 in L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada

Cecile SIROIS was the child of Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Josephte CHALOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Anne MICHAUD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CHALOUX and Anne GODIN

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

Cecile married Pierre DUMONT dit GUÉRET 15 January 1805 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DUMONT dit GUÉRET was born 23 August 1771 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Pierre died 31 May 1839 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Pierre was the child of Antoine GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Catherine MICHAUD.

Cecile SIROIS died 26 March 1868 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.

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Family and Children of Cecile SIROIS

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Cecile SIROIS married

Pierre DUMONT dit GUÉRET-- Date: 15 January 1805 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Pierre DUMONT dit GUÉRET was the child of Antoine GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Catherine MICHAUD

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Children of Pierre DUMONT dit GUÉRET and Cecile SIROIS:

Agathe DUMONT (b.4 February 1823, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 27 March 1912, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Francois DESCROISELLES 29 October 1844 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1787 Birth
25 June 1787
L'Isle-Verte, 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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Cecile SIROIS and Pierre DUMONT dit GUÉRET 15 January 1805, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

She was 17 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

1823 Birth of Child
Agathe DUMONT was born 4 February 1823, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Cecile was 35 years old.

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

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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre DUMONT dit GUÉRET died 31 May 1839, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Agathe DUMONT married 29 October 1844, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Francois DESCROISELLES

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.

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.