Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS

Born

23 May 1777 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 September 1849 , Kamouraska, Canada East

Ignace married Catherine PARADIS 12 October 1801 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine PARADIS was born 14 October 1779 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . Catherine died 26 January 1839 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Catherine was the child of Cyrille-Jean PARADIS and Marie-Anne MARTIN .

Parents & Family of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS

Parents of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS

Father

Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS

Mother

Marie-Rose LEBEL

Grandparents of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS

Paternal grandparents

Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS Marie-Anne-Bouchard DESERRE

Maternal grandparents

Joseph LEBEL Helene PARADIS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS

Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Catherine PARADIS
Marriage date: 12 October 1801
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Catherine PARADIS was the child of Cyrille-Jean PARADIS and Marie-Anne MARTIN

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

Children of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Catherine PARADIS

Marie-Perpetue ROY dite DESJARDINS

Born: 30 September 1803, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 14 April 1842, Kamouraska, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER 20 July 1824 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Ignace'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 — 1777
23 May 1777
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1801 Marriage / Partner
Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Catherine PARADIS 12 October 1801, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 24 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Marie-Perpetue ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 30 September 1803, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Ignace was 26 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

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

1824 Marriage of Child
Marie-Perpetue ROY dite DESJARDINS married 20 July 1824, Kamouraska, Lower Canada to Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER

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)

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine PARADIS died 26 January 1839, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

1842 Death of Child
Marie-Perpetue ROY dite DESJARDINS died 14 April 1842, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Ignace was 64 years old.

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)

Death — 1849
5 September 1849
Kamouraska, Canada East
He died at the age of 72.

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