Alexandre ROY

(b. 2 June 1806 , Ecoupag, York, New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1880 , Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Alexandre ROY was born 2 June 1806 in Ecoupag, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Alexandre ROY was the child of Charles Boniface ROY and Helene MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benoit Boniface ROY and Euphronsine BOURG (BOURQUE) (maternal) Jean MARTIN dit BALTHASAR and Helene GODIN

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Alexandre married Marguerite CORMIER 11 November 1828 in Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CORMIER was born abt. 1811 in New Brunswick, Canada. Marguerite died abt. 1887 in Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada (St Leonard).

Alexandre ROY died abt. 1880 in Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Alexandre ROY married

Marguerite CORMIER-- Date: 11 November 1828 Place: Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Alexandre ROY and Marguerite CORMIER:

Hermenegilde (Archie) ROY KING (b.April 1845, Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1910, )
m. Sophie BOURGOIN 1864

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1806 Birth
2 June 1806
Ecoupag, York, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre ROY and Marguerite CORMIER 11 November 1828, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Hermenegilde (Archie) ROY KING was born April 1845, Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada (St Leonard)

Alexandre was 38 years old.

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.