Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE

(b. 31 August 1696 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 23 August 1774 , Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 31 August 1696 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE was the child of Jean PORTELANCE and Anne FORGUES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas ROY dit PORTELANCE and Catherine DUBOIS (maternal) Jean-Pierre FORGUES dit MONROUGEAU and Marie ROBINEAU

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

Louis married Angélique ALLAIRE 7 January 1723 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Angélique ALLAIRE was born 15 June 1702 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Angélique died March 1730 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Angélique was the child of Jean-François ALLAIRE and Anne LABBE.

Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE died 23 August 1774 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of 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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Family and Children of Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE

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Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE married

Angélique ALLAIRE-- Date: 7 January 1723 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France
Angélique ALLAIRE was the child of Jean-François ALLAIRE and Anne LABBE

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Children of Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE and Angélique ALLAIRE:

François ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.18 November 1723, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1723, Beaumont, Canada, New France )

Catherine PORTELANCE dite ROY (b.10 February 1726, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 10 May 1748, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jacques CHARLEBOIS 7 January 1745 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Alexis PORTELANCE dit ROY (b.28 April 1732, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1805, Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe-Celeste BRAULT dite POMANVILLE 12 January 1761 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.15 April 1734, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1812, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS 26 February 1753 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Marie-Marguerite ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.11 January 1736, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph-Claude MALLET 29 May 1758 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.24 December 1737, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1811, Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine MALLET 20 October 1760 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Marie ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.31 March 1740, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1781, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Marie DUCHARME 3 August 1761 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE (b.21 July 1742, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Angelique-Amable ROY 14 April 1766 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Thérèse ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.5 February 1744, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 February 1744 , , Québec Province, Canada )

Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE (b.3 November 1748, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1769, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD 29 July 1765 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1696 Birth
31 August 1696
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1723 Marriage / Partner
Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE and Angélique ALLAIRE 7 January 1723, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

He was 26 years old.

1723 Birth of Child
François ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 18 November 1723, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Louis was 27 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Catherine PORTELANCE dite ROY was born 10 February 1726, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 29 years old.

1730 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique ALLAIRE died March 1730, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1732 Birth of Child
Alexis PORTELANCE dit ROY was born 28 April 1732, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 35 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 15 April 1734, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Louis was 37 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 11 January 1736, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 39 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 24 December 1737, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 41 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marie ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 31 March 1740, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 43 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 21 July 1742, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 45 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Thérèse ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 5 February 1744, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louis was 47 years old.

1745 Marriage of Child
Catherine PORTELANCE dite ROY married 7 January 1745, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Jacques CHARLEBOIS

1748 Death of Child
Catherine PORTELANCE dite ROY died 10 May 1748, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Louis was 51 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 3 November 1748, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Louis was 52 years old.

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE married 26 February 1753, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS

1758 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite ROY dite PORTELANCE married 29 May 1758, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Joseph-Claude MALLET

1760 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE married 20 October 1760 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Catherine MALLET

1761 Marriage of Child
Alexis PORTELANCE dit ROY married 12 January 1761, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Marie-Josephe-Celeste BRAULT dite POMANVILLE

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie ROY dite PORTELANCE married 3 August 1761, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Jean-Marie DUCHARME

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE married 29 July 1765, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD

1766 Marriage of Child
Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE married 14 April 1766, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Angelique-Amable ROY

1769 Death of Child
Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE died 17 September 1769, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 73 years old.

1774 Death
23 August 1774
Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 78.

Added: 4/21/2015 10:04:17 AM - Updated: 2/16/2017 7:06:13 PM