Thomas ROY

Born

14 July 1794 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

26 August 1867 , Lambton, Canada East

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Joseph ROY Josephte LECOUR

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Born: 14 July 1794 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph ROY

Mother: Josephte LECOUR

Paternal grandparents: François-Noel ROY , Thérèse ALLARD

Maternal grandparents: Ignace LECOUR , Marie-Josephte TURGEON

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Thomas married Madeleine RUEL 12 August 1816 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine RUEL was born 20 July 1797 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Madeleine was the child of François RUEL and Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD.

Thomas ROY died 26 August 1867 in Lambton, Canada East .
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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.

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Thomas ROY married

Madeleine RUEL
Marriage date: 12 August 1816
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Madeleine RUEL was the child of François RUEL and Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

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Children of Thomas ROY and Madeleine RUEL

Genevieve ROY

Born: 30 June 1818, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS 8 February 1841 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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Birth — 1794
14 July 1794
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Thomas ROY and Madeleine RUEL 12 August 1816, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 22 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Genevieve ROY was born 30 June 1818, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Thomas was 23 years old.

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 - 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

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Marriage of Child
Genevieve ROY married 8 February 1841, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS

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.

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)