Maria Josephe Turpin

Brief Life History of Maria Josephe

When Maria Josephe Turpin was born about 1724, in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois, United States, her father, Louis Turpin, was 31 and her mother, Dorothée Michiperouata, was 35. She married Francois Derousse on 25 May 1750, in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 11 March 1799, in her hometown, at the age of 76, and was buried in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francois Derousse
1732–1792
Maria Josephe Turpin
1724–1799
Marriage: 25 May 1750
Marie Josephine DeRousse
1749–1790
Michel StPierre DEROUSSE
1750–1762
Joseph LaVerdue
1751–
Jean Batiste LaVerdue
1753–
Ursule Derousse
1755–
Francois Joseph Derousse
1753–1796
Jerome Derousse
1757–
Joseph Derousse
1761–1842
Jean Baptiste Derousse
1763–
Michel Derousse
1767–
Placide Derousse
1769–1820

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  • 1 July 1806 marriage of Jacques Degannier, widow of Elizabeth Cotineau, residing Prairie du Rocher; and Placide Derousse, daughter of Francois Derousse & Marie Joseph Turpin, widow of Marie Ravel, residing Kaskaskia. Immaculate Conception Catholic Pari...
  • 28 Jan 1770 baptism of Placide, born 31 Dec 1769, daughter of Francois Guerouse St. Pierre & Marie Joseph Turpin. Godparents Louis Longval & Marie Guerouse, wife of Joseph Thibault. Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956
  • 4 May 1795 marriage of Marie Ravel, son of Jean Ravel & Catherine Couder, native of Auvergne, France, residing in this parish; and Placide Derousse dit St. Pierre, daughter of the late Francois Derousse & Marie Joseph Turpin, native of this parish. Ca...

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

Name Meaning

French and English: from the Old French and Middle English personal name Turpin, representing the falling together of the Old Norse name Thórfinnr (composed of the elements Thórr, the name of the god of thunder in Scandinavian mythology + the ethnic name Finnr ‘Finn’; compare Turvin ) and of the Latin name Turpinus (from Latin turpis ‘ugly, base’), one of the self-abasing names adopted as a mark of humility by the early Christians (it was borne by the archbishop of Rheims in the Charlemagne legend), and of the Old French and Middle English form.

History: Alexandre Turpin from France married Marie-Charlotte Beauvais in Montreal, QC, in 1684.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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