flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  ROY

  (b. 26 February 1799 Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada   d. 16 January 1878 Montréal, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste ROY was born 26 February 1799 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste ROY was the child of ?   and   ?

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) 24 October 1815 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN)  was born 1 July 1799 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).  Marie-Marguerite died 31 August 1832 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Marguerite was the child of Joseph CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Louise-Angelique SICARD.

Jean-Baptiste  married  (2) Louise ETHIER 16 July 1833 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada .  Louise ETHIER  was born 3 September 1790 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima).  Louise was the child of Pierre ETHIER and Marie-Louise LAPLANTE.

Jean-Baptiste ROY died 16 January 1878 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .





Adopted son of Jean Baptiste Roy and Marie Claire Cadieux


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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste 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
Did You Know? 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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Jean-Baptiste ROY married flag female ancestor Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN)-- Date: 24 October 1815 Place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
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Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) was the child of Joseph CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Louise-Angelique SICARD




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Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN):




Jean-Baptiste ROY married flag female ancestor Louise ETHIER-- Date: 16 July 1833 Place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada
Louise ETHIER was the child of Pierre ETHIER and Marie-Louise LAPLANTE




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birth1799 Birth
26 February 1799
Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
marriage1815 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) 24 October 1815, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 16 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1827 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose ROY was born 29 December 1827, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) died 31 August 1832, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada
marriage1833 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROY and Louise ETHIER 16 July 1833, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

He was 34 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1850 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose ROY married 8 January 1850, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada to Joseph CHARRON
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1878 Death
16 January 1878
Montréal, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 78.


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