Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS

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10 December 1796 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

29 October 1888 , Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS Marie-Reine CHOUINARD

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Born: 10 December 1796 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS

Mother: Marie-Reine CHOUINARD

Paternal grandparents: Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS , Marie-Rose LEBEL

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François CHOUINARD , Marie-Marguerite MORIN dite VALCOURT

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Antoine married Theotiste PARADIS 28 February 1832 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theotiste PARADIS was born 8 February 1809 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Theotiste died 5 October 1871 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Theotiste was the child of Ignace PARADIS and Marie-Desanges OUELLET.

Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS died 29 October 1888 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: navigateur

The navigateur, or navigator, was the person on board a ship responsible for its navigation — a set of tasks to determine the position of a boat or ship and the route to follow. The navigator's primary responsibility was to be aware of the ship's position at all times. Near coastlines, he had to avoid hazards by determining optimal routes depending on the shoals, the state of the tide, and the channels to follow. On the high seas, he had to be skilled in long-term forecasting in order to make the best possible decisions depending on the weather.
Source: tfcq.ca

A Journey into the Life of a Navigateur in 18th Century New France

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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Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Theotiste PARADIS
Marriage date: 28 February 1832
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Theotiste PARADIS was the child of Ignace PARADIS and Marie-Desanges OUELLET

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Children of Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS and Theotiste PARADIS

François-Xavier ROY dit DESJARDINS

Born: 5 December 1832, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 6 June 1919, St-Germain, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Married: Virginie GAGNON 23 February 1857 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1796
10 December 1796
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS and Theotiste PARADIS 28 February 1832, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 35 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
François-Xavier ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 5 December 1832, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Antoine was 36 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

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

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.

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier ROY dit DESJARDINS married 23 February 1857, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Virginie GAGNON

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

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.