Marie-Françoise BOULAY

(b. 5 May 1748 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 27 October 1781 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Françoise BOULAY was born 5 May 1748 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise BOULAY was the child of Joseph BOULAY and Monique MEUNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BOULET (BOULAY) and Françoise FOURNIER (maternal) François MEUNIER and Angélique JACOB

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Marie-Françoise married Alexandre ROY 27 February 1764 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexandre ROY was born 8 March 1740 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Alexandre died 24 October 1829 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Alexandre was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Madeleine BOURGET.

Marie-Françoise BOULAY died 27 October 1781 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of 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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Marie-Françoise BOULAY married

Alexandre ROY-- Date: 27 February 1764 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexandre ROY was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Madeleine BOURGET

Children of Alexandre ROY and Marie-Françoise BOULAY:

Barbe ROY (b.18 September 1765, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN 25 May 1789 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephe ROY (b.19 April 1773, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 July 1862, )
m. Jacques GOSSELIN 9 February 1795 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1748 Birth
5 May 1748
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise BOULAY and Alexandre ROY 27 February 1764, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 15 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Barbe ROY was born 18 September 1765, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise was 17 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Josephe ROY was born 19 April 1773, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise was 24 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.