flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  ROY

  (b. 16 March 1794 Berthierville, Lower Canada   d. 4 September 1876 Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste ROY was born 16 March 1794 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste ROY was the child of Pierre-Louis ROY   and   Madeleine RONDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Gabriel ROY and Josephte CLOUTIER (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste RONDEAU and Madeleine HOUDE

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Angele BOURRET 10 November 1817 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele BOURRET  was born 14 July 1798 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier).  Angele died 13 March 1860 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada.  Angele was the child of Alexis BOURRÉ (BOURRET) and Marie-Louise BIDAGUIN dite ST-MARTIN.

Jean-Baptiste ROY died 4 September 1876 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Jean-Baptiste ROY married flag female ancestor Angele BOURRET-- Date: 10 November 1817 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Angele BOURRET was the child of Alexis BOURRÉ (BOURRET) and Marie-Louise BIDAGUIN dite ST-MARTIN




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Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Angele BOURRET:

flag photo of Onesime ROY  Onesime ROY (b.3 December 1822, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada   d. 1 November 1903, Lafontaine Tiny Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada)
m. Marie-Clemence MAILLE 1845 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)



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birth1794 Birth
16 March 1794
Berthierville, Lower Canada
marriage1817 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROY and Angele BOURRET 10 November 1817, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 23 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1822 Birth of Child
Onesime ROY was born 3 December 1822, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angele BOURRET died 13 March 1860, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1876 Death
4 September 1876
Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 82.
Added: 10/19/2021 10:38:14 AM - Updated: 10/19/2021 10:40:34 AM

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