Clement ROY dit LAUZIER

Born

13 September 1790 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

15 July 1871 , St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Clement married Genevieve COUTURIER 1 April 1812 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve COUTURIER was born 24 December 1797 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Genevieve died 18 April 1866 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Joseph COUTURIER and Judith LANDRY .

Parents & Family of Clement ROY dit LAUZIER

Parents of Clement ROY dit LAUZIER

Father

Clement ROY

Mother

Marie-Anne GAGNON

Grandparents of Clement ROY dit LAUZIER

Paternal grandparents

Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER Angélique LIZOTTE

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Antoine GAGNON Geneviève BOUCHER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Clement ROY dit LAUZIER

Clement ROY dit LAUZIER married

Genevieve COUTURIER
Marriage date: 1 April 1812
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Genevieve COUTURIER was the child of Joseph COUTURIER and Judith LANDRY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Clement ROY dit LAUZIER and Genevieve COUTURIER

Celeste ROY

Born: 17 April 1821, Cacouna, Lower Canada
Died: 21 September 1890, Richardville, St-Adrien, Canada

Married: Charles THERIAULT 15 January 1839 Place: Cacouna, Lower Canada

Jean-Anthime ROY

Born: 20 November 1825, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada
Died: 13 January 1898, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Married: Henriette PELLETIER 29 May 1854

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Clement's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1790
13 September 1790
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Clement ROY dit LAUZIER and Genevieve COUTURIER 1 April 1812, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 21 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

1821 Birth of Child
Celeste ROY was born 17 April 1821, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Clement was 30 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Jean-Anthime ROY was born 20 November 1825, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Clement was 35 years old.

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1839 Marriage of Child
Celeste ROY married 15 January 1839, Cacouna, Lower Canada to Charles THERIAULT

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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

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

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve COUTURIER died 18 April 1866, St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

1867 - 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.