Clement ROY dit LAUZIER

(b. 13 September 1790 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 July 1871 , St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada )

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Clement ROY dit LAUZIER was born 13 September 1790 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Clement ROY dit LAUZIER was the child of Clement ROY and Marie-Anne GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER and Angélique LIZOTTE (maternal) Joseph-Antoine GAGNON and Geneviève BOUCHER

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

Clement married Genevieve COUTURIER 1 April 1812 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve COUTURIER was born 24 December 1797 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Genevieve died 18 April 1866 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Joseph COUTURIER and Judith LANDRY.

Clement ROY dit LAUZIER died 15 July 1871 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, 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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Clement ROY dit LAUZIER

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Clement ROY dit LAUZIER married

Genevieve COUTURIER-- Date: 1 April 1812 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Genevieve COUTURIER was the child of Joseph COUTURIER and Judith LANDRY

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Children of Clement ROY dit LAUZIER and Genevieve COUTURIER:

Celeste ROY (b.17 April 1821, Cacouna, Lower Canada d. 21 September 1890, Richardville, St-Adrien, Canada)
m. Charles THERIAULT 15 January 1839 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Jean-Anthime ROY (b.20 November 1825, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada d. 13 January 1898, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )
m. Henriette PELLETIER 29 May 1854

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1790 Birth
13 September 1790
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Clement ROY dit LAUZIER and Genevieve COUTURIER 1 April 1812, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 21 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Celeste ROY was born 17 April 1821, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Clement was 30 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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

1825 Birth of Child
Jean-Anthime ROY was born 20 November 1825, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Clement was 35 years old.

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)

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Celeste ROY married 15 January 1839, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna) to Charles THERIAULT

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve COUTURIER died 18 April 1866, St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

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.