Jean-Baptiste ROY

(b. 21 May 1718 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 1 May 1799 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste ROY was born 21 May 1718 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ROY was the child of Jean ROY and Marie-Françoise-Catherine LAMOUREUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Simon LEROY and Jeanne GODARD (maternal) Louis LAMOUREUX and Françoise BOIVIN

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

Jean-Baptiste married Thérèse VINET dite SOULIGNY 25 January 1740 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse VINET dite SOULIGNY was born 3 September 1722 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Thérèse died 14 September 1758 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Thérèse was the child of François VINET and Marie-Françoise JANOT dite LACHAPELLE.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Marie-Marguerite CADIEUX 13 October 1760 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada . Marie-Marguerite CADIEUX was born 31 March 1729 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Marguerite died 8 April 1810 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Marguerite was the child of Pierre CADIEUX and Marie-Josephe HOGUE.

Jean-Baptiste ROY died 1 May 1799 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower 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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Jean-Baptiste ROY married

Thérèse VINET dite SOULIGNY-- Date: 25 January 1740 Place: Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France
Thérèse VINET dite SOULIGNY was the child of François VINET and Marie-Françoise JANOT dite LACHAPELLE

Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Thérèse VINET dite SOULIGNY:

Pierre-Pascal ROY (b.18 April 1745, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Catherine MAGUET (MAILLÉT) 23 November 1768 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jean-Baptiste ROY married

Marie-Marguerite CADIEUX-- Date: 13 October 1760 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada
Marie-Marguerite CADIEUX was the child of Pierre CADIEUX and Marie-Josephe HOGUE

Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Marguerite CADIEUX:

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1718 Birth
21 May 1718
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROY and Thérèse VINET dite SOULIGNY 25 January 1740, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

He was 21 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Pierre-Pascal ROY was born 18 April 1745, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thérèse VINET dite SOULIGNY died 14 September 1758, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

1760 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Marguerite CADIEUX 13 October 1760, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 42 years old.

1763 - 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Pascal ROY married 23 November 1768, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Catherine MAGUET (MAILLÉT)

1775 - 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.