Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS

(b. 16 November 1770 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 December 1834 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 16 November 1770 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS and Charlotte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD (maternal) Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Charlotte MORIN

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Ignace married Felicite HUDON dite BEAULIEU 7 January 1793 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite HUDON dite BEAULIEU was born 21 February 1770 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Felicite died 25 May 1853 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Felicite was the child of Joseph HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Angélique D'ANJOU.

Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS died 4 December 1834 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Felicite HUDON dite BEAULIEU-- Date: 7 January 1793 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Felicite HUDON dite BEAULIEU was the child of Joseph HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Angélique D'ANJOU

Children of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Felicite HUDON dite BEAULIEU:

Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS (b.8 March 1807, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Jovite BERUBE 18 August 1834 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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1770 Birth
16 November 1770
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Felicite HUDON dite BEAULIEU 7 January 1793, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 22 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1807 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 8 March 1807, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Ignace was 36 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England