Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE

(b. 23 April 1724 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1805 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada )

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Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE was born 23 April 1724 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE was the child of Dominique GAREAU and Geneviève DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Anne TALBOT (maternal) Antoine DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie-Anne RICHARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Cecile married Gabriel LEDOUX 7 November 1746 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel LEDOUX was born 23 March 1718 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Gabriel was the child of Gabriel-Louis LEDOUX and Marguerite MONIN dite LAFLEUR.

Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE died 6 April 1805 in Contrecœur, 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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Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE married

Gabriel LEDOUX-- Date: 7 November 1746 Place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Gabriel LEDOUX was the child of Gabriel-Louis LEDOUX and Marguerite MONIN dite LAFLEUR

Children of Gabriel LEDOUX and Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE:

Cecile LEDOUX (b.abt. 1755, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Alexis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE 12 February 1776 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1724 Birth
23 April 1724
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE and Gabriel LEDOUX 7 November 1746, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 22 years old.

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

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.