Marie-Anne LACROIX

(b. abt. 1755 , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 October 1830 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne LACROIX was born abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Anne LACROIX was the child of Pierre LACROIX and Genevieve BELANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LACROIX and Jeanne BARRETTE (maternal) Prisque BÉLANGER and Genevieve GOSSELIN

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

Marie-Anne married Louis ROYER 8 November 1773 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis ROYER was born 11 November 1749 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Louis died 11 May 1831 in St-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Louis was the child of Augustin ROYER and Angélique PEPIN.

Marie-Anne LACROIX died 29 October 1830 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Marie-Anne LACROIX married

Louis ROYER-- Date: 8 November 1773 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis ROYER was the child of Augustin ROYER and Angélique PEPIN

Children of Louis ROYER and Marie-Anne LACROIX:

Ignace ROYER (b.8 August 1788, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 March 1872, St-Sébastien-de Frontenac, Canada)
m. Louise LACASSE 14 August 1821 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LACROIX and Louis ROYER 8 November 1773, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Ignace ROYER was born 8 August 1788, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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

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

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

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

1821 Marriage of Child
Ignace ROYER married 14 August 1821, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Louise LACASSE

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)