François ROY dit DESJARDINS

(b. 23 May 1810 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 29 June 1875 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada )

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François ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 23 May 1810 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

François ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Angelique ROY dite LAUZIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS and Charlotte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (maternal) Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER and Angélique LIZOTTE

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

François married Clarisse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 19 September 1843 in La Pocatière, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Clarisse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born abt. 1827 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Clarisse died 22 October 1896 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Clarisse was the child of Firmin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Victoire GRONDIN.

François ROY dit DESJARDINS died 29 June 1875 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, 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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François ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Clarisse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES-- Date: 19 September 1843 Place: La Pocatière, Canada East
Clarisse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Firmin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Victoire GRONDIN

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Children of François ROY dit DESJARDINS and Clarisse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Alphonse DESJARDINS (b.5 November 1854, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada East d. 31 October 1920, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
m. Dorimene ROY dite DESJARDINS 2 September 1879 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1810 Birth
23 May 1810
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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

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)

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)

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
François ROY dit DESJARDINS and Clarisse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 19 September 1843, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 33 years old.

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.

1854 Birth of Child
Alphonse DESJARDINS was born 5 November 1854, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

François was 44 years old.

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)

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.