Emelie MELOCHE

Born

25 March 1821 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

Died

15 January 1877 , Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada

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, Lower Canada. Antoine died 1 June 1905 in Minnesota, USA. Antoine was the child of Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE and Elisabeth HUNAULT .

Parents & Family of Emelie MELOCHE

Parents of Emelie MELOCHE

Father

Francois MELOCHE

Mother

Marie-Josephte THEORET

Grandparents of Emelie MELOCHE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph MELOCHE Marie-Josephte CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste THEORET Marie-Josephte FORTIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Emelie MELOCHE

Emelie MELOCHE married

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

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

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

Joseph Napoleon ROY (ROI)

Born: 4 September 1846, Saint-Timothée, Canada East
Died: 24 October 1935, Red lake falls, Minnesota, USA

Married: Philomene ST-AUBIN 29 January 1872 Place: Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1821
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 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).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

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.