Jean ROYER

Born

8 February 1768 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 July 1835 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste ROYER Marie-Louise ROY

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Born: 8 February 1768 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste ROYER

Mother: Marie-Louise ROY

Paternal grandparents: Augustin ROYER , Angélique PEPIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Bernard ROY , Marguerite COUTURE dite LAFRESNAYE

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Jean married Marie-Louise LEBLANC 8 March 1791 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LEBLANC was born 30 August 1775 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marie-Louise died 14 June 1847 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph LEBLANC and Louise BLOUIN.

Jean ROYER died 5 July 1835 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower 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 ROYER married

Marie-Louise LEBLANC
Marriage date: 8 March 1791
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise LEBLANC was the child of Joseph LEBLANC and Louise BLOUIN

Children of Jean ROYER and Marie-Louise LEBLANC

Marguerite ROYER

Born: abt. 1792, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 June 1882, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis NOEL 6 August 1816 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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Birth — 1768
8 February 1768
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Jean ROYER and Marie-Louise LEBLANC 8 March 1791, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 23 years old.

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

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ROYER married 6 August 1816, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Louis NOEL

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