Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS

(b. 11 February 1764 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1836 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 11 February 1764 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Alexandre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Josephe PLOURDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne-Bouchard DESERRE (maternal) Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE

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

Pierre married Angelique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS 30 January 1792 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was born 2 November 1774 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Angelique died 31 July 1823 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Angelique was the child of Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Anne MICHAUD.

Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS died 13 June 1836 in Kamouraska, 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.

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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Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Angelique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS-- Date: 30 January 1792 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Angelique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was the child of Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Anne MICHAUD

Children of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Angelique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS:

Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS (b.14 September 1798, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 5 March 1871, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Alexandre LEVASSEUR 22 November 1813 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1764 Birth
11 February 1764
Kamouraska, Province of 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)

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Angelique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS 30 January 1792, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 27 years old.

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

1798 Birth of Child
Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 14 September 1798, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Pierre was 34 years old.

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS married 22 November 1813, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Alexandre LEVASSEUR

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