Marguerite BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE

(b. 13 June 1711 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 10 June 1786 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE was born 13 June 1711 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marguerite BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE was the child of Nicolas BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE and Jeanne POISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vincent BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE and Anne COLIN (COLLIN) (maternal) Martin POISSON and Marie-Marguerite PROVOST (PREVOST)

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Marguerite married Charles CHAUVEAU 29 October 1738 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles CHAUVEAU was born 8 November 1714 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Charles was the child of Pierre CHAUVEAU dit TONNELIER and Charlotte VALLEE.

Marguerite BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE died 10 June 1786 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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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Marguerite BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE married

Charles CHAUVEAU-- Date: 29 October 1738 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Charles CHAUVEAU was the child of Pierre CHAUVEAU dit TONNELIER and Charlotte VALLEE

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Children of Charles CHAUVEAU and Marguerite BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE:

Marie-Louise CHAUVEAU (b.19 February 1747, Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 July 1788, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. François-Isidore THOMAS dit BIGAOUETTE 7 February 1772 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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1711 Birth
13 June 1711
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1738 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE and Charles CHAUVEAU 29 October 1738, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 27 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise CHAUVEAU was born 19 February 1747, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite was 35 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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise CHAUVEAU married 7 February 1772, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to François-Isidore THOMAS dit BIGAOUETTE

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.