Charles ROY

Born

20 June 1736 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

27 January 1832 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Charles ROY Marie Anne MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

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Born: 20 June 1736 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Charles ROY

Mother: Marie Anne MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume ROY , Angélique BAZIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) , Marie Madeleine MIRANDE

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Charles married Marguerite GONTHIER 17 January 1757 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marguerite GONTHIER was born 9 March 1739 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marguerite died 15 July 1809 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE).

Charles ROY died 27 January 1832 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, 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.

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Charles ROY married

Marguerite GONTHIER
Marriage date: 17 January 1757
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marguerite GONTHIER was the child of Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE)

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Children of Charles ROY and Marguerite GONTHIER

Francois ROY

Born: 8 March 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Joseph ROY

Born: abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 August 1760, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada

Marguerite ROY

Born: 24 November 1761, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada
Died: 2 October 1792, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Josephte ROY

Born: 18 March 1765, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 August 1832, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre FAUTEUX 6 February 1787 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Guillaume ROY

Born: 6 February 1767, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 January 1768, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph ROY

Born: 20 March 1769, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Josephte ROY

Born: 13 June 1771, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Catherine ROY

Born: 1 June 1773, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Jean-Baptiste ROY

Born: 5 May 1775, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Augustin ROY

Born: 30 December 1778, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 August 1854, Saint-Timothée, Canada East

Married: Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL 21 February 1803 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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Birth — 1736
20 June 1736
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Charles ROY and Marguerite GONTHIER 17 January 1757 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Francois ROY was born 8 March 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles was 21 years old.

1760 Death of Child
Joseph ROY died 25 August 1760, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles was 24 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROY was born 24 November 1761, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles was 25 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Josephte ROY was born 18 March 1765, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles was 28 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Guillaume ROY was born 6 February 1767, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles was 30 years old.

1768 Death of Child
Guillaume ROY died 25 January 1768, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Charles was 31 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Joseph ROY was born 20 March 1769, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Charles was 32 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Josephte ROY was born 13 June 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Charles was 35 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Catherine ROY was born 1 June 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Charles was 36 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste ROY was born 5 May 1775, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Charles was 38 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Augustin ROY was born 30 December 1778, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Charles was 42 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Josephte ROY married 6 February 1787, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada to Pierre FAUTEUX

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

1792 Death of Child
Marguerite ROY died 2 October 1792, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Charles was 56 years old.

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

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Augustin ROY married 21 February 1803, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL

1809 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite GONTHIER died 15 July 1809, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

Death — 1832
27 January 1832
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 95.

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