Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY)
Married: Emelie MELOCHE 7 November 1843 Place: Saint-Timothée, Canada East
Jacques
ROY dit PORTELANCE
Born
22 November 1792
,
Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Died
3 July 1865
,
Saint-Timothée, Canada East
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Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE married 
Elisabeth HUNAULT
Marriage date: 22 April 1816
Marriage place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Elisabeth HUNAULT was the child of Joseph HUNAULT and Archange LEFEBVRE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Elisabeth HUNAULTMarriage date: 22 April 1816
Marriage place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Elisabeth HUNAULT was the child of Joseph HUNAULT and Archange LEFEBVRE
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Children of Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE and Elisabeth HUNAULT
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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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 — 179222 November 1792
Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
1816 Marriage / PartnerJacques ROY dit PORTELANCE and Elisabeth HUNAULT 22 April 1816, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)
He was 23 years old.
1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.1819 Birth of ChildAntoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) was born 2 March 1819, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada
Jacques was 26 years old.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1843 Marriage of ChildAntoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) married 7 November 1843, Saint-Timothée, Canada East to Emelie MELOCHE
1844 Death of Spouse/PartnerElisabeth HUNAULT died 8 February 1844, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, 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 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.Death — 18653 July 1865
Saint-Timothée, Canada East
He died at the age of 72.
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