The Alfred Roy Family
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TOP ALFRED, THEODORE, YVONNE, GRANDPA ACHILLE, ALBERT
BOTTOM RENE, GERARD, YVETTE, GILBRT, PAUL
Gédéon and Adele Roy's children
from left is Aurise Ayotte, Leona Giroux, Elise Nims, Marie Anna Lemire, Malvinas Bowman, next row Imelda Ayotte, William Roy, Philadore Roy, Achille Roy, Marie Louise Johnston, Front Helen VanderStraten, Fabiola Reginald , the picture is Mrs Arthur Guenette decease her name Aldea.
Four generations of Roys
Top centre: Gédéon Roy (Alfred Roy's Grandfather)
Left: Hilaire Roy (Alfred Roy's Great Grandfather)
Child: George Roy
Right: Philodore Roy (Gradpa Achille's brother)
Gedeon Roy...Born in Beaumont, Quebec, Canada on 19 Oct 1854. Gedeon married Adele St Godard and had 13 children. He passed away on 12 Apr 1930.
Achille Roy....Born in St Jean Baptiste, Manitoba, Canada on 14 Nov 1893 married Eugenie Marion. He passed away on 30 Apr 1960 in St Jean Baptiste, Manitoba, Canada.
Église-St-Remy:
Dieppe, France
Nicolas LeRoy was baptised 25 May 1639 at St-Remy de Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. He was the son of Louis and Anne LeMaitre, who were married at St-Remy on 27 Apr 1638. Nicolas also went on to marry at St-Remy in Feb of 1658 to Jeanne Lelievre, daughter of Guillaume and Judith Riquier. Their two eldest children were also baptised there, son Louis on 26 Nov 1658 and son Nicolas on 24 Mar 1661.
Louis Roy (father of Nicolas)Born 1615 in France Son of Pierre Roy DE Maulay
Pierre Roy DE Maulay (father of Louis) Born September 7, 1569 in St Malo, Illes Et Villaine, Brittany, France
A FAMILY ON THE MOVE ....Why did Nicolas Roy/Leroy come to Canada? Was it because his father was dead and he had to support his mother? His father-in-law, Guillaume Lelievre, widower, went to New France, sometime after 1656. The good word that he sent back invited Nicolas to emigrate. So, together, the family decided to move to a new country. There were five of them in all; Nicolas, his wife Jeanne, his mother, Anne Lemaitre, a son, Louis and baby Nicolas.We are able to fix precisely the date of arrival of this family in New France because of the following document taken from the archives of France: “On Friday, the 17th of June, 1661, before Michel Manichet, Royal Notary, in the Vicomte, of Argues and Antoine Le Marchal, Notary of Dieppe, was present, Nicolas Leroy, citizen of Dieppe, who promises, by these preseents, to pay or to have paid, to the Honorable Jean Gloria, merchant of the said Dieppe, a loan made in order to voyage to Canada on the ship commanded by Captain Poullet, of this city. Eight days after his arrival at the said place will be paid the sum of fifty livres for the passage by the said Leroy, who admits to have received payment from the said Gloria. If there should be delay or refusal of said payment in the amount at the time aforesaid, the said Gloria may dispose of the matter, as he may best see fit. Made and Done, to which, the said Leroy pledges himself and his belongings, in the presence of Guillaume Loy and Jacques Ledoyen, of said Dieppe. Loy with initials. J. Gloria; Nicolas Leroy”. The reader of this authentic text is led to believe that the Leroys left their homeland in June 1661.
The genealogist, Michel Langlois, has confirmed this from the “Journal of the Jesuits”. “Nicolas Le Roy arrived in the country on August 22, 1661, aboard the ship LAURENT POULLET”.At Quebec, Nicolas, his wife, Jeanne Lelievre, his mother, Anne Le Maitre and their children, Louis and Nicolas, were warmly received by Guillaume Lelievre who was already well acclimated to the region. Guillaume Lelievre had remarried, on August 21, 1660, at Quebec, to Margueite Meillet, the daughter of Louis and Jeanne Robin and widow of Pierre Brincoste and mother of two girls. It was a grand reunion for the two families, now united in Canada.
Note: Nicolas’ father must have passed away before this voyage, as Nicolas’ mother, Anne Lemaitre, is also listed on the ship and is noted as a fille du roi (a “King’s daughter” – meaning that she received a dowry from the king to marry in New France). Some family trees note Nichola’s father Louis’ date of death as 25 Oct 1663, when this is actually the date that Anne remarried in Quebec, which confirms Louis’ death in the marriage record. Here again we see the family living together at Comte de Montmorency, Quebec in the 1667 census -
Nicolas and Jeanne had 10 children together.
In the years that followed their arrival, the LeRoy family seemed to be thriving in New France, but by 1669 the family is met with heartache, only then to have another tragedy strike the following year -In the summer of 1669, a single 29-year-old man by the name of Jacques Nourry sexually assaulted 5-year-old Marie. On 12 August, Nourry was condemned to be hanged and his head was set on a pike as a warning to those “who would avoid marriage”. Nourry’s lands were confiscated and Marie was given 300 livres in reparation. Marie seems to have had a relatively normal life following the initial trauma. She married twice, first to Jean Gaudreau (with whom she had 3 children) and second to Jean Fournier (with whom she had 10 children).In 1670, tragedy struck again when on 6 July a fire in the LeRoy home claimed the lives of 2-year-old Anne and 1-year-old Jean.By 1681, Nicholas had moved to the seigneurie de la Durantaye. He owned 20 acres and 8 animals. Guillaume, Elisabeth, Jean and Jean-Baptiste still lived with him. His two eldest sons owned land alongside his. Nicholas died between 1690 and 1691. The cause of his death is unknown. His wife soon remarried and lived 38 more years.
Nicolas passed away: 27 APR 1690 Place: La Durantaye, Quebec, Canada Age: 50
