Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE

(b. abt. 1694 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 January 1769 , Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE was born abt. 1694 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE was the child of Jean PORTELANCE and Anne FORGUES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas ROY dit PORTELANCE and Catherine DUBOIS (maternal) Jean-Pierre FORGUES dit MONROUGEAU and Marie ROBINEAU

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

Joseph married Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 29 January 1714 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 16 October 1698 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Jeanne died 31 July 1767 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Jeanne was the child of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).

Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE died 18 January 1769 in Lotbinière, Province of 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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Family and Children of Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE

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Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE married

Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE-- Date: 29 January 1714 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France
Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Children of Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE and Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE:

Jean-Baptiste ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.22 November 1714, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 8 January 1715, Beaumont, Canada, New France )

Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.12 October 1715, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 25 August 1754, Nicolet, Canada, New France )
m. Anne-Françoise HUBERT 21 August 1741 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.12 October 1715, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1794, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Louis CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE 1739 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Josephte ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.10 August 1717, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 1 November 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France)

Marie-Thérèse ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.26 December 1719, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 21 May 1800, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste HUBERT 1740 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Anne-Louise ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.8 February 1721/22, Grondines, Canada, New France d. , )

Isidore ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.14 March 1729, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 13 March 1806, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte-Marguerite HUBERT 20 October 1749 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Marie-Agathe ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.abt. 1730, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.abt. 1730, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph GAURON 1748 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Geneviève ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.27 March 1731 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 17 November 1805, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Ignace CHENAY (CHAINE) 23 September 1782 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Louis-François ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.abt. 1733, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1714 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE and Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 29 January 1714, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

1714 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 22 November 1714, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

1715 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste ROY dit PORTELANCE died 8 January 1715, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1715 Birth of Child
Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 12 October 1715, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

1715 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 12 October 1715, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

1717 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 10 August 1717, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

1719 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 26 December 1719, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1729 Birth of Child
Isidore ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 14 March 1729, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1731 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 27 March 1731 , Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1741 Marriage of Child
Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE married 21 August 1741, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Anne-Françoise HUBERT

1749 Marriage of Child
Isidore ROY dit PORTELANCE married 20 October 1749 , Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Josephte-Marguerite HUBERT

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Death of Child
Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE died 25 August 1754, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

1759 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte ROY dite PORTELANCE died 1 November 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 31 July 1767, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1769 Death
18 January 1769
Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

Added: 3/30/2016 9:39:12 AM - Updated: 10/28/2020 3:03:01 PM