Joseph ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN

(b. 4 September 1767 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 May 1852 , St-Anselme, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN was born 4 September 1767 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN was the child of Jean ROBY (RABY) dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Anne PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN and Anne BOUTET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Anne BILODEAU

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Joseph married Barbe ROY 25 May 1789 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Barbe ROY was born 18 September 1765 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Barbe was the child of Alexandre ROY and Marie-Françoise BOULAY.

Joseph ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN died 25 May 1852 in St-Anselme, Bellechasse, Quebec, 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 ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN married

Barbe ROY-- Date: 25 May 1789 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Barbe ROY was the child of Alexandre ROY and Marie-Françoise BOULAY

Children of Joseph ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN and Barbe ROY:

Marie-Reine ROBY (b.24 April 1798, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Pierre EMOND 23 February 1824 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1767 Birth
4 September 1767
Saint-Vallier, 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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROBY dit SANSCHAGRIN and Barbe ROY 25 May 1789, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Marie-Reine ROBY was born 24 April 1798, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Joseph was 30 years old.

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage of Child
Marie-Reine ROBY married 23 February 1824, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Pierre EMOND

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)