Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

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22 May 1787 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 December 1824 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS Marie-Ursule CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

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Born: 22 May 1787 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS

Mother: Marie-Ursule CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS , Marie-Geneviève CÔTÉ

Maternal grandparents: Francois-Toussaint CORDEAU dit DESLAURIERS , Genevieve MICHAUD

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Marie-Anne married Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS 25 July 1803 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS was born abt. 1783 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 27 June 1840 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Pierre was the child of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Rose LEBEL.

Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS died 14 December 1824 in Kamouraska, 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.

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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Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS married

Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS
Marriage date: 25 July 1803
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Rose LEBEL

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Children of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS

Born: 21 November 1809, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 23 July 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Benoni ROY dit VOISINE 17 February 1830 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1787
22 May 1787
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1803 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS and Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS 25 July 1803, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 16 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 21 November 1809, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Anne was 22 years old.

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