Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS

(b. 21 November 1809 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 23 July 1872 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 21 November 1809 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Rose LEBEL (maternal) Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Ursule CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

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Leocade married Benoni ROY dit VOISINE 17 February 1830 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Benoni ROY dit VOISINE was born 20 March 1804 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Benoni died 5 December 1880 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Benoni was the child of Germain ROY dit VOISINE and Perpetue LEVASSEUR.

Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS died 23 July 1872 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, 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.

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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Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS married

Benoni ROY dit VOISINE-- Date: 17 February 1830 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Benoni ROY dit VOISINE was the child of Germain ROY dit VOISINE and Perpetue LEVASSEUR

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Children of Benoni ROY dit VOISINE and Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS:

Marie-Philomene ROY dite DESJARDINS (b.16 February 1838, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 12 October 1907, Roberval, Québec, Canada )
m. Theodule BOLDUC 13 February 1854 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1809 Birth
21 November 1809
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Leocade ROY dite DESJARDINS and Benoni ROY dit VOISINE 17 February 1830, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 20 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 16 February 1838, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Leocade was 28 years old.

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Marie-Philomene ROY dite DESJARDINS married 13 February 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Theodule BOLDUC

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

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.