Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS

Born

23 November 1822 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

31 May 1882 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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François ROY dit DESJARDINS Geneviève BEYER

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Born: 23 November 1822 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: François ROY dit DESJARDINS

Mother: Geneviève BEYER

Paternal grandparents: Louis ROY dit DESJARDINS , Marguerite-Amable NEVEU

Maternal grandparents: Georges Albert BEYER , Archange GAUTHIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Rosalie MAILHOT 13 February 1849 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie MAILHOT was born 29 March 1832 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Rosalie was the child of Pierre Alexandre LASALLE dit MAILLOT and Marie-Louise DOZOIS.

Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS died 31 May 1882 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Capitaine de bateau à vapeur

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Rosalie MAILHOT
Marriage date: 13 February 1849
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Rosalie MAILHOT was the child of Pierre Alexandre LASALLE dit MAILLOT and Marie-Louise DOZOIS

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Children of Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS and Rosalie MAILHOT

Dorimene ROY dite DESJARDINS

Born: 17 September 1858, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 14 June 1932, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Married: Alphonse DESJARDINS 2 September 1879 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1822
23 November 1822
Sorel, Lower Canada

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)

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)

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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS and Rosalie MAILHOT 13 February 1849, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Dorimene ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 17 September 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 35 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.