Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN

Born

7 July 1781 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 February 1836 , Saint-Jude, Lower Canada

Gabriel-Andre married Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN 14 May 1804 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN was born 15 January 1783 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Marguerite died 28 April 1855 in Saint-Ours, Canada East . Marie-Marguerite was the child of Louis-François GOSSELIN and Thérèse LAROCQUE .

Parents & Family of Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN

Parents of Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN

Father

Gabriel ROY dit POITEVIN

Mother

Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE

Grandparents of Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN

Paternal grandparents

Gabriel ROY Marie-Suzanne BEAUDIN

Maternal grandparents

Joseph LEVITRE Marie-Anne POITEVIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN

Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN married

Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN
Marriage date: 14 May 1804
Marriage place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN was the child of Louis-François GOSSELIN and Thérèse LAROCQUE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN and Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN

Marie-Louise ROY

Born: 5 January 1813, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois SALOIS 24 September 1832 Place: Saint-Jude, Lower Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Gabriel-Andre's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1781
7 July 1781
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1804 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN and Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN 14 May 1804, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise ROY was born 5 January 1813, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Gabriel-Andre was 31 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