Joseph ROY

(b. 10 May 1797 , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 March 1879 , Napierville, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph ROY was born 10 May 1797 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph ROY was the child of Jean-Alexis ROY and Marie-Anne DUPIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-Alexis ROY and Veronique DESFOURNEAUX (maternal) Michel DUPIL and Marie-Louise LECLERC

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

Joseph married Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE 10 October 1814 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE was born 9 September 1797 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marguerite died 16 July 1836 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marguerite was the child of François-Seraphin POUTRE dit LAVIGNE and Catherine ANTOINE (ST ANTOINE).

Joseph ROY died 4 March 1879 in Napierville, 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 ROY married

Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE-- Date: 10 October 1814 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE was the child of François-Seraphin POUTRE dit LAVIGNE and Catherine ANTOINE (ST ANTOINE)

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Children of Joseph ROY and Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE:

Esther ROY (b.9 July 1817, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 14 October 1904, La Prairie, Québec, Canada )
m. David FREDETTE 14 April 1834 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1797 Birth
10 May 1797
Québec Province, Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROY and Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE 10 October 1814, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 17 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Esther ROY was born 9 July 1817, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph was 20 years old.

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)

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

1834 Marriage of Child
Esther ROY married 14 April 1834, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to David FREDETTE

1836 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite POUTRE dite LAVIGNE died 16 July 1836, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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)

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.