Esther ROY

Born

9 July 1817 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

14 October 1904 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada

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Joseph ROY Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE

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Born: 9 July 1817 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph ROY

Mother: Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Alexis ROY , Marie-Anne DUPIL

Maternal grandparents: François-Seraphin POUTRE dit LAVIGNE , Catherine ANTOINE (ST ANTOINE)

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Esther married David FREDETTE 14 April 1834 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
David FREDETTE was born 5 April 1814 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). David died 28 July 1889 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada. David was the child of Andre FRADET and Marie-Heleonore SENECAL.

Esther ROY died 14 October 1904 in La Prairie, 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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Esther ROY married

David FREDETTE
Marriage date: 14 April 1834
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
David FREDETTE was the child of Andre FRADET and Marie-Heleonore SENECAL

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Children of David FREDETTE and Esther ROY

Apolline FREDETTE

Born: 4 January 1838, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 11 February 1923, St-Edouard, Canada

David FREDETTE

Born: 27 February 1839, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie DUPUIS 5 February 1861 Place: Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Married: Apolline TREMBLAY 8 February 1875 Place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Gedeon FREDETTE

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Alfred FREDETTE

Born: 3 March 1852, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East
Died: 12 March 1913, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Isaie FREDETTE

Born: 5 May 1859, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East
Died: 27 June 1939,

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Birth — 1817
9 July 1817
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Esther ROY and David FREDETTE 14 April 1834, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 16 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Apolline FREDETTE was born 4 January 1838, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Esther was 20 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
David FREDETTE was born 27 February 1839, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Esther was 21 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Alfred FREDETTE was born 3 March 1852, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Esther was 34 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Isaie FREDETTE was born 5 May 1859, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Esther was 41 years old.

1861 Marriage of Child
David FREDETTE married 5 February 1861, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington) to Marie DUPUIS

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.