Marguerite-Amable ROY

(b. 24 August 1739 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 June 1817 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite-Amable ROY was born 24 August 1739 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Amable ROY was the child of Francois ROY dit LA PENSÉE and Angelique BRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François ROY dit LA PENSÉE and Catherine PLUMEREAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BRAULT dit POMANVILLE and Elisabeth BRUNET

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

Marguerite-Amable married Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE 19 October 1761 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 7 August 1735 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Louis died 30 December 1802 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Louis was the child of Louis TESSIER and Louise PEPIN dite LAFORCE.

Marguerite-Amable ROY died 24 June 1817 in Lachine, Montréal, 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.

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Marguerite-Amable ROY married

Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE-- Date: 19 October 1761 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada
Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was the child of Louis TESSIER and Louise PEPIN dite LAFORCE

Children of Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marguerite-Amable ROY:

Ursule TESSIER dite LAVIGNE (b.26 March 1772, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. George Adam DOCKSTEADER (DEXTRADEUR) 3 February 1791 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1739 Birth
24 August 1739
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Amable ROY and Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE 19 October 1761, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

She was 22 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1772 Birth of Child
Ursule TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was born 26 March 1772, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Marguerite-Amable was 32 years old.

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Ursule TESSIER dite LAVIGNE married 3 February 1791, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to George Adam DOCKSTEADER (DEXTRADEUR)

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

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