Madeleine ROY

(b. 25 June 1757 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 22 July 1833 , St-Anselme, Quebec, Canada )

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Madeleine ROY was born 25 June 1757 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Madeleine ROY was the child of Joseph ROY and Marthe CADRIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne ROY and Marie CASSE (LACASSE) (maternal) Pierre CADRIN and Marie-Josephe-Marthe MARCEAU

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

Madeleine married Pierre MERCIER 27 January 1777 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre MERCIER was born 16 August 1753 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 12 February 1822 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Pierre was the child of Pascal MERCIER and Marie-Louise FORTIER.

Madeleine ROY died 22 July 1833 in St-Anselme, Quebec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine ROY married

Pierre MERCIER-- Date: 27 January 1777 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre MERCIER was the child of Pascal MERCIER and Marie-Louise FORTIER

Children of Pierre MERCIER and Madeleine ROY:

Madeleine MERCIER (b.6 August 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Marie DALLAIRE (ALLAIRE) 15 August 1803 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1757 Birth
25 June 1757
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine ROY and Pierre MERCIER 27 January 1777, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Madeleine MERCIER was born 6 August 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 23 years old.

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)

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Madeleine MERCIER married 15 August 1803, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Jean-Marie DALLAIRE (ALLAIRE)

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