Marie-Françoise ROY

(b. 22 May 1707 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 April 1792 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise ROY was born 22 May 1707 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise ROY was the child of Yves-François ROY and Marie COLIN (COLLIN) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Mathurin COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE and Jacqueline LABBE

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

Marie-Françoise married Louis-Joseph PREVOST 25 October 1744 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Joseph PREVOST was born 2 September 1719 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Louis-Joseph died 16 January 1747 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Louis-Joseph was the child of Louis PREVOST and Thérèse MAHEU.

Marie-Françoise ROY died 18 April 1792 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Louis Joseph Prevost
25 October 1744
Saint-Sulpice, L'Assomption, Qc

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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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Marie-Françoise ROY married

Louis-Joseph PREVOST-- Date: 25 October 1744 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Louis-Joseph PREVOST was the child of Louis PREVOST and Thérèse MAHEU

Children of Louis-Joseph PREVOST and Marie-Françoise ROY:

Anne PREVOST (b.15 December 1745, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 16 August 1784, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph MONIER (MONY) 7 November 1763 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1707 Birth
22 May 1707
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise ROY and Louis-Joseph PREVOST 25 October 1744, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 37 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Anne PREVOST was born 15 December 1745, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Françoise was 38 years old.

1747 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis-Joseph PREVOST died 16 January 1747, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Anne PREVOST married 7 November 1763, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Joseph MONIER (MONY)

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.