Joseph Octave Roy (1856 - 1896)

Born 19 Apr 1856 in Beauceville, Beauce, Canada East

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Champagne) Roy — married 4 Oct 1880 in Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Joseph Octave (David) Roy was born on 19 Apr 1856 and was baptized the next day in Saint-François d'Assise parish in Beauceville, Canada East. He was the son of Andre Roi, farmer, and his wife Marie Aline Latulippe. Godparents at David's baptism were Pierre Latulippe and Théotiste Fortin.

At age 34 David married first wife Elizabeth Champagne on 4 Oct 1880 in St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Waterville, Kennebec, Maine. There was one known child born into this marriage. Elizabeth died on 15 Apr 1901 in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine.

At age 51 David married second wife Marjorie Elizabeth Durgin on 6 Jan 1908 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

Sources

• Baptême/Baptismal record [B-40] for Joseph Octave Roy. Saint-François-d'Assise (Beauceville) parish register: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99Q-QFF2?cc=1321742&wc=HCWT-VZ9%3A13625201%2C13625202%2C14275801. Free access.
• 1861 Census of Canada. Octave Roy, son, in household of André Roy, farme. Saint-François, Beauce, Quebec page 66, line 35. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4108660_00457
• 1871 Census of Canada. Octave Roy, son, in household of André Roy, farmer. Saint-François, Beauceville, Québec, Canada, page 75, line 19. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4395562_00459
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Q-85FN : 22 July 2021), David King and Marjorie Elizabeth Durgin, 06 Jan 1908; citing Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DL-TJ8 : 22 July 2021), David King, 1908.
• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNR-TR4 : 27 November 2014), David King and Marjorie E Durgin, 07 Jan 1908; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3N-G7S : accessed 13 November 2021), David King, Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 226, sheet 1B, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 546; FHL microfilm 1,374,559.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8S-MMD : 1 February 2021), David King, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDC-BNG : accessed 13 November 2021), David King, Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 4B, line 95, family 10...
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMT-GHL : 5 January 2021), David King, Fairfield, Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-21, sheet 8A, line 16, family 140, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1491.

• Nos Origines, entry for Octave Roy. https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/Genealogie_Canada_Children.aspx?genealogie=Octave&pid=1244358
• Jutras Genealogical Data Site, entry for Joseph-Octave Roy in family of Andre Roy and Marie Aline Latulippe: http://cjutras.org/CJ_ROY-A.html#F218427.
• Waterville Genealogy, entry for David Octave Roy. https://watervillegenealogy.com/earlywaterville/getperson.php?personID=I31212&tree=2

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Sheila Beardslee for starting this profile on 8 Dec 2016.