Jean-Baptiste
ROY
Born
26 February 1799
,
Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
Died
16 January 1878
,
Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Jean-Baptiste ROY was born 26 February 1799 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) 24 October 1815 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) was born 1 July 1799 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Marguerite died 31 August 1832 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of Joseph CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Louise-Angelique SICARD.
Jean-Baptiste married (2) Louise ETHIER 16 July 1833 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada . Louise ETHIER was born 3 September 1790 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Louise was the child of Pierre ETHIER and Marie-Louise LAPLANTE.
Jean-Baptiste ROY died 16 January 1878 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
Adopted son of Jean Baptiste Roy and Marie Claire Cadieux
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Jean-Baptiste ROY was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Jean-Baptiste ROY was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY
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Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN)-- Date: 24 October 1815 Place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
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Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) was the child of Joseph CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Louise-Angelique SICARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN)-- Date: 24 October 1815 Place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower CanadaSee marriage record for Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN)Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) was the child of Joseph CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Louise-Angelique SICARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN)
Marie-Rose ROY (b.29 December 1827, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada d. , )m. Joseph CHARRON 8 January 1850 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste ROY married Louise ETHIER-- Date: 16 July 1833 Place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada
Louise ETHIER was the child of Pierre ETHIER and Marie-Louise LAPLANTE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Louise ETHIER-- Date: 16 July 1833 Place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada Louise ETHIER was the child of Pierre ETHIER and Marie-Louise LAPLANTE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Louise ETHIER
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1799 Birth 26 February 1799
Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
1815 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) 24 October 1815, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada
He was 16 years old.
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 England1827 Birth of ChildMarie-Rose ROY was born 29 December 1827, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) died 31 August 1832, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada
1833 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste ROY and Louise ETHIER 16 July 1833, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)
He was 34 years old.
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1850 Marriage of ChildMarie-Rose ROY married 8 January 1850, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada to Joseph CHARRON
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 Death 16 January 1878
Montréal, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 78.
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