flag female ancestor  Josephte  MERCIER

  (b. 13 May 1738 Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France   d. 7 December 1809 Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada )  

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Josephte MERCIER was born 13 May 1738 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Josephte MERCIER was the child of Julien MERCIER   and   Agnès MEUNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean MERCIER and Barbe MONTMINY (maternal)  François MEUNIER and Angélique JACOB

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Josephte  married  Jean-Vallier ROY 18 January 1757 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Jean-Vallier ROY  was born 31 December 1732 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada.  Jean-Vallier died 21 April 1812 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada.  Jean-Vallier was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Noel ROY and Angélique CASSE (LACASSE).

Josephte MERCIER died 7 December 1809 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

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Josephte MERCIER married flag male ancestor Jean-Vallier ROY-- Date: 18 January 1757  Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France
Jean-Vallier ROY was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Noel ROY and Angélique CASSE (LACASSE)




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birth1738 Birth
13 May 1738
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
marriage1757 Marriage / Partner
Josephte MERCIER and Jean-Vallier ROY 18 January 1757 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

She was 18 years old.
1759 Birth of Child
Basilisse ROY was born 17 March 1759, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 20 years old.
1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROY was born 22 January 1761, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 22 years old.
Kings and Queens1763 - 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
Marguerite ROY was born 24 September 1763, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 25 years old.
1768 Birth of Child
Charles-Augustin ROY was born 4 November 1768, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Josephte was 30 years old.
1770 Birth of Child
Francoise ROY was born 16 October 1770, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 32 years old.
1774 Birth of Child
Charles-Abraham ROY was born 6 April 1774, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 35 years old.
News1775 - 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.
1781 Birth of Child
Joseph ROY was born 22 June 1781, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 43 years old.
1784 Birth of Child
Francois ROY was born 10 June 1784, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 46 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1807 Death of Child
Marguerite ROY died 5 November 1807, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Josephte was 69 years old.
1808 Death of Child
Basilisse ROY died 14 April 1808, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 69 years old.
death1809 Death
7 December 1809
Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 71.
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