Jean-Baptiste ROYER

(b. 8 February 1740 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 31 May 1770 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste ROYER was born 8 February 1740 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ROYER was the child of Augustin ROYER and Angélique PEPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ROYER and Catherine DUMONT (maternal) Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marguerite FONTAINE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise ROY 1 August 1763 in Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise ROY was born 28 April 1745 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Louise died 13 January 1811 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre-Bernard ROY and Marguerite COUTURE dite LAFRESNAYE.

Jean-Baptiste ROYER died 31 May 1770 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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Jean-Baptiste ROYER married

Marie-Louise ROY-- Date: 1 August 1763 Place: Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise ROY was the child of Pierre-Bernard ROY and Marguerite COUTURE dite LAFRESNAYE

Children of Jean-Baptiste ROYER and Marie-Louise ROY:

Jean ROYER (b.8 February 1768, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 July 1835, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise LEBLANC 8 March 1791 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1740 Birth
8 February 1740
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROYER and Marie-Louise ROY 1 August 1763, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

He was 23 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Jean ROYER was born 8 February 1768, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.