Michel ROY

(b. 29 January 1740 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 21 March 1821 , Beauharnois, Lower Canada )

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Michel ROY was born 29 January 1740 in Laval, Canada, New France

Michel ROY was the child of Louis ROY and Marie RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis ROY and Françoise ROY (maternal) André RENAUD dit DESMOULINS and Marie BRAULT dite POMANVILLE

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

Michel married Marie-Amable-Madeleine MOREL 23 November 1767 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable-Madeleine MOREL was born 1 September 1750 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Amable-Madeleine died 10 December 1812 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Marie-Amable-Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Francois MOREL and Angélique GIBEAU.

Michel ROY died 21 March 1821 in Beauharnois, 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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Michel ROY married

Marie-Amable-Madeleine MOREL-- Date: 23 November 1767 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Amable-Madeleine MOREL was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Francois MOREL and Angélique GIBEAU

Children of Michel ROY and Marie-Amable-Madeleine MOREL:

Marguerite ROY (b.11 September 1770, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste LEBOEUF 28 February 1791 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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1740 Birth
29 January 1740
Laval, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Michel ROY and Marie-Amable-Madeleine MOREL 23 November 1767, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 27 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROY was born 11 September 1770, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Michel was 30 years old.

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 of Child
Marguerite ROY married 28 February 1791, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Jean-Baptiste LEBOEUF

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

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