Marguerite ROY

Born

30 December 1771 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

3 December 1834 , Beauceville, Lower Canada

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Joseph ROY Marie-Louise DUPUIS

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Born: 30 December 1771 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph ROY

Mother: Marie-Louise DUPUIS

Paternal grandparents: Joseph ROY , Marie-Louise GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Jean DUPUIS dit GILBERT , Jeanne SEDILOT dite MONTREUIL

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Marguerite married Augustin VEILLEUX 5 November 1793 in Beauceville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin VEILLEUX was born 7 July 1764 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Augustin died 17 April 1831 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Augustin was the child of Rene-Augustin VEILLEUX (VERIEUL) and Francoise QUIRION (QUERILLON).

Marguerite ROY died 3 December 1834 in Beauceville, 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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Marguerite ROY married

Augustin VEILLEUX
Marriage date: 5 November 1793
Marriage place: Beauceville, Lower Canada
Augustin VEILLEUX was the child of Rene-Augustin VEILLEUX (VERIEUL) and Francoise QUIRION (QUERILLON)

Children of Augustin VEILLEUX and Marguerite ROY

Françoise VEILLEUX

Born: 1 April 1801, Beauceville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre POULIN 7 January 1823 Place: Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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Birth — 1771
30 December 1771
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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
Marguerite ROY and Augustin VEILLEUX 5 November 1793, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

She was 21 years old.

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

1801 Birth of Child
Françoise VEILLEUX was born 1 April 1801, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Marguerite was 29 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