Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE

(b. 30 September 1763 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1831 , Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 30 September 1763 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE was the child of Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE and Catherine MALLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE and Angélique ALLAIRE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MALLET and Barbe MILLOT (MILOT)

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

Joseph-Amable married Josette PILON 2 February 1784 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josette PILON was born 1 May 1765 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Josette was the child of Joseph-Raphel PILON and Marie-Josephe RHÉAUME.

Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE died 3 March 1831 in Saint-Timothée, 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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Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE married

Josette PILON-- Date: 2 February 1784 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Josette PILON was the child of Joseph-Raphel PILON and Marie-Josephe RHÉAUME

Children of Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE and Josette PILON:

Joseph ROY (b.abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 August 1867, Saint-Timothée, Canada East )
m. Catherine BOYER 3 April 1826 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

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1763 Birth
30 September 1763
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Joseph-Amable ROY dit PORTELANCE and Josette PILON 2 February 1784, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 20 years old.

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)

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England