Alexis PORTELANCE dit ROY

(b. 28 April 1732 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1805 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Alexis PORTELANCE dit ROY was born 28 April 1732 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Alexis PORTELANCE dit ROY 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

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Alexis married Marie-Josephe-Celeste BRAULT dite POMANVILLE 12 January 1761 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada . Marie-Josephe-Celeste BRAULT dite POMANVILLE was born 8 November 1735 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Josephe-Celeste died 8 May 1805 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Josephe-Celeste was the child of Joseph BRAULT dit POMANVILLE and Louise PARE.

Alexis PORTELANCE dit ROY died 14 February 1805 in Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Brault Marie-Josephe-Celeste

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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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Marie-Josephe-Celeste BRAULT dite POMANVILLE-- Date: 12 January 1761 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada
Marie-Josephe-Celeste BRAULT dite POMANVILLE was the child of Joseph BRAULT dit POMANVILLE and Louise PARE

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1732 Birth
28 April 1732
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Alexis PORTELANCE dit ROY and Marie-Josephe-Celeste BRAULT dite POMANVILLE 12 January 1761, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 28 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.

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.