Marguerite ROY

(b. 2 February 1726 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 6 November 1779 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite ROY was born 2 February 1726 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Marguerite ROY was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Anne-Dorothee GUENETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis ROY and Marie LEDRAN (maternal) Pierre GUENETTE dit GANET and Elisabeth PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

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Marguerite married Etienne CASSE (LACASSE) 22 November 1745 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Etienne CASSE (LACASSE) was born 18 June 1725 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Etienne died 17 January 1803 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Etienne was the child of Antoine CASSE (LACASSE) and Marie-Françoise BOURGET.

Marguerite ROY died 6 November 1779 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Marguerite ROY

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Marguerite ROY married

Etienne CASSE (LACASSE)-- Date: 22 November 1745 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France
Etienne CASSE (LACASSE) was the child of Antoine CASSE (LACASSE) and Marie-Françoise BOURGET

Children of Etienne CASSE (LACASSE) and Marguerite ROY:

Jean LACASSE (b.23 May 1748, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Dorothee PILOTE 14 June 1773 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Joseph LACASSE (b.30 January 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 22 September 1829, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Cecile NOEL 3 February 1778 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
m. Marguerite CHOUINARD 26 January 1807 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1726 Birth
2 February 1726
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite ROY and Etienne CASSE (LACASSE) 22 November 1745, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

She was 19 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Jean LACASSE was born 23 May 1748, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Marguerite was 22 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph LACASSE was born 30 January 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 28 years old.

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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Jean LACASSE married 14 June 1773, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Marie-Dorothee PILOTE

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.