Duplessis History Section 3

Duplisea Duplessis and Sirois Genealogy by Mark S Duplisea

Duplessis History Section 3

Joseph Duplessis: his descendants - UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The table below lists the children of Joseph Duplessis and gives a brief synopsis of their life and descendants.

Joseph married Marie Chassé in 1777 and their union produced three children before Marie died in 1783. Only one child survived into adulthood.

Marie Scholastique Sirois dit Duplessis was born in, 1777 in the Kamouraska area and was buried less than four years later in 1781.

Michel Duplessis was born in 1779 in the Kamouraska area. He moved with his father to the St John river valley in Madawaska and settled there, marrying Victoire Cormier in 1802 @ St Basile. His children initially settled in Madawaska, N.B. and in Aroostook and the Old Town and Orono areas of Penobscot county, Maine. A large percentage of the Duplessis/Duplissis/Duplessie.. families of Maine are his descendants. He appears as an 81 yr old living with his son Edouard in the Hamlin area in the 1860 U.S. census and presumably died there sometime before the next enumeration.

Known descendants: ~1100

Joseph Marie Sirois , a son, was born in 1781 in the Kamouraska area died and was and buried eight months later .

Joseph married Marie Francoise Chouinard in 1787. Their union produced 14 known children (12 sons and 2 daughters) of whom 11 survived into adulthood.

Etienne/Stephen Duplessis -- born in Kamouraska, QC in 1792, married Marie Margaret Hebert in Northumberland county around 1820. He died before 1842. His widow remarried and raised the family in Bouctouche, Kent county, N.B.. Their children:

	Francoise (1821-1886) married Gabriel Caissie in 1845.in Grand Digue. They eventually settled and rasied their family in Bouctouche
	Marie (b 1823) married Joseph Thibodeau and raised their family in Escuminac, Northumberland County
	Joseph (b. 1825) married Celeste Mazerolle and raised their family in Baie Ste Anne, Northumberland County
	Etienne(Stephen) (1826-1884) married Marie Ann Williston and raised their family in Bouctouche. Stephen and his younger brother Benoit are the ancestors of the Bouctouche Duplessis' families.Stephen's wife Marie Ann was killed in the freak tornado of 1879 which devastated Bouctouche.
	Benjamin(Benoit) (1831-1902) married Barbara "Babée) Boucher and raised their family in Bouctouche.
	Pierre(1833-1849) died @ 16 in Bouctouche.
	Luce (1835-1895) married Cyprien Auger and raised their family in Bouctouche

Joseph Duplessis III --born in Kamouraska, QC in 1792, stayed in Sunbury county and married in 1818. Died sometime before 1851. Have a record for only one child, a son Henry who never married.

Charles Duplisea -- born in Madawaska area in 1793, stayed in Sunbury county, and married in 1819, settling in Blissville. Had a large family and died there in 1884.

Genevieve Duplessis -- born in Madawaska area in 1795, married Louis Nadeau in Baie Ste Anne in ~1817. They had a large family and moved to St Basile, Madawaska a few years before she died in 1835 just shy of her 40th birthday and only a few weeks after giving birth.

Thomas Duplessis

Pascal Duplessis

John Duplessis

Benjamin Duplessis

Francoise Duplessis

Roger David Duplessis

William Duplessis

Olivier Duplessis

Prudent Duplessis

I hope to continue to assemble and improve upon the accuracy of the information in this site. If you have information which would help please contact me. © Mark Duplisea