Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE

(b. 24 December 1737 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1811 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 24 December 1737 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE was the child of Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE and Angélique ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PORTELANCE and Anne FORGUES (maternal) Jean-François ALLAIRE and Anne LABBE

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

Joseph-Noel married Catherine MALLET 20 October 1760 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine MALLET was born 12 November 1738 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Catherine died 16 May 1822 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste MALLET and Barbe MILLOT (MILOT).

Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE died 26 June 1811 in Lachine, Montréal, Lower 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-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE

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Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE married

Catherine MALLET-- Date: 20 October 1760 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada
Catherine MALLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste MALLET and Barbe MILLOT (MILOT)

Children of Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE and Catherine MALLET:

Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.30 September 1763, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1831, Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada )
m. Josette PILON 2 February 1784 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.31 May 1767, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève BRAY 10 August 1789 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1737 Birth
24 December 1737
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE and Catherine MALLET 20 October 1760 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 22 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 30 September 1763, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Joseph-Noel was 25 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 31 May 1767, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Joseph-Noel was 29 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE married 2 February 1784, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Josette PILON

1789 Marriage of Child
Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE married 10 August 1789, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Geneviève BRAY

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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