Jean Baptiste ROY dit VOISINE

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21 July 1814 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

17 July 1886 , Frenchville, Maine, USA

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Jean-Raphael ROY dit DESJARDINS Marie-Louise CARON

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Born: 21 July 1814 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Raphael ROY dit DESJARDINS

Mother: Marie-Louise CARON

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS , Marie-Anne MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Simon CARON , Louise BELANGER

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Jean Baptiste married Varville MICHAUD 15 October 1838 in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Varville MICHAUD was born 26 December 1807 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Varville died 30 June 1899 in Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce). Varville was the child of Benjamin MICHAUD and Marie-Anne BOURGOIN.

Jean Baptiste ROY dit VOISINE died 17 July 1886 in Frenchville, Maine, USA .
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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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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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Jean Baptiste ROY dit VOISINE married

Varville MICHAUD
Marriage date: 15 October 1838
Marriage place: Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Varville MICHAUD was the child of Benjamin MICHAUD and Marie-Anne BOURGOIN

Children of Jean Baptiste ROY dit VOISINE and Varville MICHAUD

Israel Joseph ROY

Born: 15 November 1844, Frenchville, Maine, USA
Died: 16 March 1928, St Agatha, Maine, USA

Married: Nathalie OUELLET

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Birth — 1814
21 July 1814
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1838 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste ROY dit VOISINE and Varville MICHAUD 15 October 1838, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Israel Joseph ROY was born 15 November 1844, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)

Jean Baptiste was 30 years old.

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)