Joseph-Gedeon ROY

(b. 6 November 1818 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 19 February 1875 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Gedeon ROY was born 6 November 1818 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Joseph-Gedeon ROY was the child of Gedeon ROY and Françoise RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François ROY and Françoise-Rose BRO (BREAULT) (maternal) François RICHARD and Elisabeth Marthe HEBERT

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

Joseph-Gedeon married Marguerite LANOUE 2 March 1840 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LANOUE was born 13 October 1819 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marguerite died 7 October 1846 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Marguerite was the child of Alexandre LANOUE and Charlotte THERRIEN.

Joseph-Gedeon ROY died 19 February 1875 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, 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.

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Joseph-Gedeon ROY married

Marguerite LANOUE-- Date: 2 March 1840 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marguerite LANOUE was the child of Alexandre LANOUE and Charlotte THERRIEN

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Children of Joseph-Gedeon ROY and Marguerite LANOUE:

Josephine ROY (b.7 November 1840, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 30 October 1918, Hemmingford, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada)

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1818 Birth
6 November 1818
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Gedeon ROY and Marguerite LANOUE 2 March 1840, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

He was 21 years old.

1840 Birth of Child
Josephine ROY was born 7 November 1840, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Joseph-Gedeon was 22 years old.

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)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite LANOUE died 7 October 1846, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.