Marie ROY

(b. abt. 1781 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 March 1871 , L'Acadie, Québec, Canada )

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Marie ROY was born abt. 1781 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie ROY was the child of Joseph ROY and Marie-Josephe PATRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Marc ROY and Marie-Anne FORTIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PATRY and Marie-Josephe GROMELIN dite LAFORME

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

Marie married Joseph RICHARD 4 July 1796 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph RICHARD was born 1 October 1775 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph died 31 December 1860 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Joseph was the child of François RICHARD and Elisabeth Marthe HEBERT.

Marie ROY died 22 March 1871 in L'Acadie, 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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Marie ROY married

Joseph RICHARD-- Date: 4 July 1796 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Joseph RICHARD was the child of François RICHARD and Elisabeth Marthe HEBERT

Children of Joseph RICHARD and Marie ROY:

Marie-Louise RICHARD (b.30 January 1799, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 9 February 1879, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada )
m. Laurent ROY 28 September 1818 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Phebee RICHARD (b.3 April 1805, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marcel TREMBLAY 14 January 1822 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marguerite RICHARD (b.15 February 1809, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louis TREMBLAY 17 January 1826 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Madeleine RICHARD (b.abt. 1813, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 January 1839, Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph MOLLEUR 27 September 1831 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Marie ROY and Joseph RICHARD 4 July 1796, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1799 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise RICHARD was born 30 January 1799, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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

1805 Birth of Child
Phebee RICHARD was born 3 April 1805, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1809 Birth of Child
Marguerite RICHARD was born 15 February 1809, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise RICHARD married 28 September 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Laurent ROY

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Marriage of Child
Phebee RICHARD married 14 January 1822, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Marcel TREMBLAY

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)

1826 Marriage of Child
Marguerite RICHARD married 17 January 1826, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Louis TREMBLAY

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Madeleine RICHARD married 27 September 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Joseph MOLLEUR

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)

1839 Death of Child
Madeleine RICHARD died 3 January 1839, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph RICHARD died 31 December 1860, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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.