Thomas ROY

(b. 25 June 1779 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 December 1834 , Beauceville, Lower Canada )

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Thomas ROY was born 25 June 1779 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

Thomas ROY was the child of Thomas ROY and Angelique BOLDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas ROY and Josephte GRONDIN (maternal) Jean BOLDUC and Louise QUIRION

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

Thomas married Marie-Anne BISSON 13 January 1801 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne BISSON was born 2 October 1778 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Anne died 19 September 1860 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-François BISSON and Josephte BELLEAU dite LAROSE.

Thomas ROY died 14 December 1834 in Beauceville, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Thomas ROY was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Thomas ROY married

Marie-Anne BISSON-- Date: 13 January 1801 Place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne BISSON was the child of Jean-François BISSON and Josephte BELLEAU dite LAROSE

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Children of Thomas ROY and Marie-Anne BISSON:

Basilisse ROY (b.17 January 1805, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 28 March 1874, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )
m. David BOLDUC 7 January 1835 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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1779 Birth
25 June 1779
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Thomas ROY and Marie-Anne BISSON 13 January 1801, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 21 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Basilisse ROY was born 17 January 1805, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Thomas was 25 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