Madeleine GAREAU dite ST-ONGE

(b. 5 June 1739 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 2 August 1793 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine GAREAU dite ST-ONGE was born 5 June 1739 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Madeleine GAREAU dite ST-ONGE was the child of Charles GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Josephte DEGUIRE dite LAROSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Dominique GAREAU and Geneviève DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) (maternal) Jean DEGUIRE dit LAROSE and Marie-Catherine MENARD

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Madeleine married Louis BARABE 5 October 1761 in Verchères, Canada . Louis BARABE was born 5 April 1732 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Louis died abt. 1781 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste BARABÉ and Marie-Angélique VIAU.

Madeleine GAREAU dite ST-ONGE died 2 August 1793 in Varennes, Lower Canada .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Madeleine GAREAU dite ST-ONGE married

Louis BARABE-- Date: 5 October 1761 Place: Verchères, Canada
Louis BARABE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BARABÉ and Marie-Angélique VIAU

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1739 Birth
5 June 1739
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GAREAU dite ST-ONGE and Louis BARABE 5 October 1761, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 22 years old.

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.

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.