Marie Major
1637 - 1689 (52 years) Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Marie Major Relationship with Therese Nadeau Birth 26 Feb 1637 Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France [1, 2] Baptism 26 Feb 1637 Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France [1] Gender Female Fille du Roi 1668 (30 years) Québec, Québec-ville, Québec, Canada [2] 1669 (31 years) Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada [3] Census 1681 (43 years) Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada [4] Hospitalization 14 Nov 1689 (52 years) Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada [5] Listed in list of sick people. Shown as from the Paroisse de Toucque, près de Paris, age 52 Death 8 Dec 1689 Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada [6] Burial 8 Dec 1689 Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada [7] Patriarch & Matriarch Jean Major, b. Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France d. Abt 1650, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Father)
Marguerite Lepele (Mother)Notes - ORIGIN: Marie Major (or Mazol) probably came to Canada as part of the 97 filles du Roi (king's daughters) which arrived in the summer of 1668.
HISTORICAL NOVEL: Sergine Desjardins has written a historical novel on our ancestor Marie Major. Click on the Marie Major link on her web site to read a brief summary. (Note this book is in French.)
Person ID I208 Antoine_Roy Links To This person is also Marie Major (I35) in the Roys_in_France tree on this site
The Roys_in_France tree was provided by Monsieur Pierre Le Clercq in 2006 based on his research on the Roy families in France in the Department of Yonne Archives.
L'arbre Roys_in_France a été fourni par Monsieur Pierre Le Clercq en 2006 crée de ses recherches sur les familles Roy en France dans les archives du Départment de l'Yonne.Last Modified 21 Jul 2018
Father Jean Major, b. Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France d. Abt 1650, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Mother Marguerite Lepele Family ID F212 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Husband Antoine Roy, b. 1635, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne, France d. 10 Jul 1684, Lachine, Île-de-Montréal, Québec, Canada (Age 49 years)
Other Partners: Catherine Byot m. Abt 1657Marriage Contract 6 Sep 1668 Greffe de Jean Lecomte, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada [8] Marriage 11 Sep 1668 Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada [9] Age at Marriage She : 31 years and 7 months - He : ~ 33 years and 9 months. Children + 1. Pierre Roy, b. 1669, Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada d. 29 Apr 1734, Repentigny, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (Age 65 years) Family ID F206 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- ORIGIN: Marie Major (or Mazol) probably came to Canada as part of the 97 filles du Roi (king's daughters) which arrived in the summer of 1668.
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Histories King's Daughters (Filles du Roi)
The King's Daughters (Filles du Roi) were women sent to the New France by the King to help populate the colony.
Historical Maps Antoine Roy and Pierre Roy along the St. Lawrence
Map showing the villages along the St. Lawrence. MouseOver popups on the village names provide pertinent facts on Antoine Roy dit Desjardins (blue popups) and his son Pierre Roy's presence (green popups) in those villages.
Sources - [S123] Archives départementales de Calvados, Touques Saint-Thomas B.M.S. 1628-1692 5 MI-EC page 16,
[Subscription site. Image of Marie's baptismal record in les Archives Departmentales du Calvados for Touques, Saint-Thomas B.M.S. 1628-1692 5 MI-EC page 16 was provided by Allen J. Voisine on 8 Oct 2011]. - [S102] Dumas, Silvio, Les filles du Roi en Nouvelle-France: étude historique avec répertoire biographicque, page 291,
[online at Our Roots / Nos Racines]. - [S91] Université de Montréal, Répertoire des Actes de Baptême du PRDH, ID #403521,
[shown as from Lisieux (meaning the diocese of)]. - [S91] Université de Montréal, Répertoire des Actes de Baptême du PRDH, ID #97339.
- [S91] Université de Montréal, Répertoire des Actes de Baptême du PRDH, ID #412949.
- [S17] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection, Québec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967 (Ancestry, Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang de Québec 1689-1698 img 16,
[image from the Drouin Collection, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Québec (Hôpitaux) (Québec (Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang de Québec), registre des malades) > 1689-1698 > 16 was provided by Allen J. Voisine on 8 Oct 2011]. - [S91] Université de Montréal, Répertoire des Actes de Baptême du PRDH, ID #72768.
- [S96] George Desjardins, s.j., Antoine Roy dit Desjardins (1635 - 1684) et ses descendants, page 12-14.
- [S96] George Desjardins, s.j., Antoine Roy dit Desjardins (1635 - 1684) et ses descendants, LDS Film #1036635 Item #3 p 16-17,
[Witnesses were Laurent Cambin, Pierre Fournier dit DesForges, and Jean DeLorme].