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  (b. 3 December 1822 Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada   d. 1 November 1903 Lafontaine Tiny Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada )  

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Onesime ROY was born 3 December 1822 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Onesime ROY was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY   and   Angele BOURRET and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre-Louis ROY and Madeleine RONDEAU (maternal)  Alexis BOURRÉ (BOURRET) and Marie-Louise BIDAGUIN dite ST-MARTIN

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Onesime  married  Marie-Clemence MAILLE abt. 1845 in Joliette, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Clemence MAILLE  was born 25 January 1825 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie).  Marie-Clemence died 15 April 1908 in Waubaushene, Ontario, Canada.  Marie-Clemence was the child of Jacques-Louis MAILLET (MAILLE) and Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND.

Onesime ROY died 1 November 1903 in Lafontaine Tiny Township, Simcoe, Ontario, 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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Onesime ROY married flag female ancestor Marie-Clemence MAILLE-- Date: abt. 1845 Place: Joliette, Canada East
Marie-Clemence MAILLE was the child of Jacques-Louis MAILLET (MAILLE) and Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND




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Children of Onesime ROY and Marie-Clemence MAILLE:

flag photo of Marie-Melina ROY  Marie-Melina ROY (b.4 January 1859, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East  d. 4 September 1938, Hillsdale, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada)
m. Joseph LESPERANCE 13 July 1880



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birth1822 Birth
3 December 1822
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
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.
1859 Birth of Child
Marie-Melina ROY was born 4 January 1859, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Onesime was 36 years old.
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
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1903 Death
1 November 1903
Lafontaine Tiny Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

He died at the age of 80.
Added: 10/19/2021 10:40:34 AM - Updated: 10/22/2021 1:04:56 PM

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