When Marie-Philomène Dupuis was born on 20 March 1879, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Maurice Dupuis, was 30 and her mother, Philomene Dorais, was 31. She married Jean-Baptiste Bissonnette on 14 May 1901, in Saint-Herménégilde, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 18 December 1969, in Iberville, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 90.