Emelie MELOCHE

(b. 25 March 1821 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada d. 15 January 1877 , Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada )

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Emelie MELOCHE was born 25 March 1821 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

Emelie MELOCHE was the child of Francois MELOCHE and Marie-Josephte THEORET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MELOCHE and Marie-Josephte CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste THEORET and Marie-Josephte FORTIER

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

Emelie married Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) 7 November 1843 in Saint-Timothée, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) was born 2 March 1819 in Beauharnois, Québec, Canada. Antoine died 1 June 1905 in Minnesota, USA. Antoine was the child of Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE and Elisabeth HUNAULT.

Emelie MELOCHE died 15 January 1877 in Saint-Timothée, 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.

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Emelie MELOCHE married

Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY)-- Date: 7 November 1843 Place: Saint-Timothée, Canada East
Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) was the child of Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE and Elisabeth HUNAULT

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Children of Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) and Emelie MELOCHE:

Joseph Napoleon ROY (ROI) (b.4 September 1846, Saint-Timothée, Canada East d. 24 October 1935, Red lake falls, Minnesota, USA)
m. Philomene ST-AUBIN 29 January 1872 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

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1821 Birth
25 March 1821
Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Emelie MELOCHE and Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) 7 November 1843, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

She was 22 years old.

1843 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Joseph Napoleon ROY (ROI) was born 4 September 1846, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

Emelie was 25 years old.

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)

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.