Marie-Françoise ROY

(b. abt. 1747 , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 October 1807 , La Durantaye, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise ROY was born abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Françoise ROY was the child of Pierre ROY and Marie-Françoise ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel ROY and Marguerite RABOUIN (maternal) Joseph ALLAIRE and Madeleine BIDET

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Marie-Françoise married Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE 9 February 1767 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 31 August 1824 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine DENIS.

Marie-Françoise ROY died 31 October 1807 in La Durantaye, 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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Marie-Françoise ROY married

Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE-- Date: 9 February 1767 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE was the child of Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine DENIS

Children of Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Françoise ROY:

Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE (b.12 December 1767, La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 May 1844, La Durantaye, Canada East)
m. Reine ROY 14 November 1791 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Clotilde CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE (b.25 August 1772, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 October 1835, Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste BOULET (BOULAY) 8 February 1796 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise ROY and Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE 9 February 1767, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

1767 Birth of Child
Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE was born 12 December 1767, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

1772 Birth of Child
Clotilde CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE was born 25 August 1772, Saint-Vallier, 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

1791 Marriage of Child
Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE married 14 November 1791, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Reine ROY

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Clotilde CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE married 8 February 1796, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste BOULET (BOULAY)

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