Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS

Born

3 August 1766 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 October 1830 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS Marie-Rose LEBEL

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Born: 3 August 1766 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS

Mother: Marie-Rose LEBEL

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS , Marie-Anne-Bouchard DESERRE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LEBEL , Helene PARADIS

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Judith married Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR 4 April 1785 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR was born 7 April 1762 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jean-Baptiste died 5 June 1836 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Timothee LEVASSEUR and Marie-Claire NADEAU.

Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS died 21 October 1830 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, 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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Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR
Marriage date: 4 April 1785
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR was the child of Jean-Timothee LEVASSEUR and Marie-Claire NADEAU

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Birth — 1766
3 August 1766
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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS and Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR 4 April 1785, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 18 years old.

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

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

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

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