Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS

Born

23 March 1635 , Burgundy, France

Died

10 July 1684 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

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Olivier ROY Anne BOUDARD

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Born: 23 March 1635 in Burgundy, France

Father: Olivier ROY

Mother: Anne BOUDARD

Antoine was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
Learn more: Who Were the The Carignan-Salières Regiment? Uncovering the Heroes of New France

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Antoine married Marie MAJOR 11 September 1668 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MAJOR was born 26 February 1637 in St-Thomas-de-Touques, Normandie, France. Marie died 8 December 1689 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS died 10 July 1684 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France .

Born Saint-Jean, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne, France

Son of Olivier Roy, c. 2 Oct 1604, Saint-André, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne, France and Catherine Baudard, b. Bef 1604

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Recorded occupation: Carignan-Salières soldier; cooper

The tonnelier, or cooper, manufactured barrels (large wooden receptacles generally used for storing liquids) from timber that was usually heated or steamed to make it pliable. Barrels had to be made of quality wood, free of defects and vermin. They also had to respect official gauges and be able to contain the quantity of wine, beer or brandy expected. Coopers were frequently linked, by blood or marriage, with brewers, taverns and wine merchants.
Source: tfcq.ca

cooper

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Marie MAJOR
Marriage date: 11 September 1668
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

Anotine, son of Olivier Roy and Catherine Boderge

Marie, daughter of Jean Major and Marguerite Le Pele

Children of Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie MAJOR

Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER

Born: abt. 1669, Batiscan, Canada, New France
Died: 29 April 1734, Repentigny, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne MARTIN 12 February 1691 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Angélique AUTIN 25 November 1710 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Married: Marie-Charlotte DELUGRE 30 October 1727 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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Birth — 1635
23 March 1635
Burgundy, France

Biography
Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS — (1635 - 1684)

French-Canadian pioneer Antoine Roy passed away on July 10th, 1684, at Lachine, Québec. The description in the attached image states simply that he had one child, Pierre (with wife Marie Major) and that he died on July 10th, 1684.

But his story is most interesting. He arrived in New France as a soldier in the Carignan-Salières Regiment. At the end of his tour of duty he decided to remain in Québec, returning to his occupation of cooper (Fr. tonnelier) and marrying fille-du-roi Marie Major.

Over the years, Antoine was chronically in debt. He was imprisoned more than once for failing to repay creditors. When he wed Marie in 1668 he made no mention of having been married with two children in France. Did Antoine abandon his family in France to make a new life in Québec?

And Antoine did not just 'die' at Lachine: he was murdered by an enraged husband, Julien Talua, who found Antoine in bed with his wife Anne. There are suggestions that ...Read full story

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