Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS

(b. 8 March 1807 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. , )

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Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 8 March 1807 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Felicite HUDON dite BEAULIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS and Charlotte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (maternal) Joseph HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Angélique D'ANJOU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Jovite BERUBE 18 August 1834 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Jovite BERUBE was born 9 November 1813 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Marie-Jovite was the child of Michel BERUBE and Euphrosine LEVESQUE.

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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Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Marie-Jovite BERUBE-- Date: 18 August 1834 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Marie-Jovite BERUBE was the child of Michel BERUBE and Euphrosine LEVESQUE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Jovite BERUBE:

Cleophee ROY dite DESJARDINS (b.26 June 1836, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Dosithee TREMBLAY 17 February 1857 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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1807 Birth
8 March 1807
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

1834 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Jovite BERUBE 18 August 1834, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

He was 27 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Cleophee ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 26 June 1836, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

Added: 3/7/2024 6:16:36 PM - Updated: 3/7/2024 6:22:08 PM