Georgianna Vaillancourt

Brief Life History of Georgianna

When Georgianna Vaillancourt was born on 14 May 1853, in Sainte-Marie, Beauce, Quebec, Canada, her father, Georges Alexandre Vaillancourt, was 30 and her mother, Marie Marguerite Felteau, was 31. She married Bénoni Roy on 9 January 1872, in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Beauce, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Beauce, Quebec, Canada in 1901 and Androscoggin, Maine, United States in 1920. She died on 24 March 1926, in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Beauce, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saint-Éphrem-Station, Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Beauce, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Bénoni Roy
1851–1918
Georgianna Vaillancourt
1853–1926
Marriage: 9 January 1872
Amede Roy
1876–
Zelia Roy
about 1879–
Camille Roy
about 1883–
Diana Roy
1894–
Joseph Roy
Henri Roy
1878–
Rose Emma Roy
1881–1957
Gédéon Roy
1881–1953
Florida Roy
1882–1945
Alma Roy
1886–1969
Marie Louise Roy
1889–1961
Pianas Roy
1891–
William Roy
1894–1894
Marie Flencess Roy
1899–

Sources (11)

  • Gorgine Vaillaucour, "Canada, Census, 1871"
  • Georgiana Vaillancourt in entry for John Cyr and Celia Roy, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Georgina Roy in household of Belonie Roy, "Canada Census, 1881"

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World Events (8)

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Androscoggin, Maine, United States

1869

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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Andre, Marcel, Armand, Gaston, Lucien, Normand, Adrien, Arsene, Fernand, Gilles, Girard.

Altered form (via Villencourt) of French Willencourt: habitational name from Willencourt, a place in Pas-de-Calais, derived from medieval Latin Willani curtis, denoting an estate of a certain Willo. The surname Willencourt is very rare in France.

History: Robert Vaillancourt/Villencourt from Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont in Seine-Maritime, France, married Marie Gobeil in Château-Richer, QC, in 1668.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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